Admitted Quote by James Boswell Download Open image “A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.” — James Boswell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admitted Among Communication Conversation Good Lively May Pun Smaller
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“Puns are just another form of sarcasm, which may or may not make you - smile, giggle, or laugh.” — Aniruddha Sastikar Copy Share Image
The goodness of the true pun is in direct ratio to its intolerability — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
In our world, all puns are beautiful and they are the highest form of comedy. — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
“All progress, ultimately, is the result of playing with ideas and seeing new ways of connecting existing knowledge in such a way that the… — John Pollack Copy Share Image
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed; and it is consolatory to think, that although we can seldom… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“His OFELLUS in the Art of Living in London, I have heard him relate, was an Irish painter, whom he knew at Birmingham, and… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
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