Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Jest
A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V. Scene 2. (Rosaline to Biron.)
Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V. Scene 2. (Rosaline to Biron.)