Jester

About Jester

“Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.”
— Akiba ben Joseph, Pirkei Avot, 3:17.
“If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And, if I can persuade you to laugh at a particular point that I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge it as true.”
— John Cleese, as quoted in What Winners Do to Win! : The 7 Minutes a Day That Can Change Your Life (2003) by Nicki Joy, p. 113
“Jest not with the two-edged sword of God's word.”
— Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Jesting. Maxim II.
“As examples from history show, when jokes start circulating about a powerful leader, cracks in political legitimacy begin to appear.”
— Nissim Mannathukkaren, Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media, 3 December 2017,
“If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment.”
— Susan Sontag, "Notes on Camp", Against Interpretation (1961)
“Der Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.”
— A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.

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