A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.William Shakespeare · Love's Labour's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.
Read the saying and check its sourcesA jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
William Shakespeare · Love's Labour's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.
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- John Bartlett · Familiar Quotations (9ª edizione, 1905) · William Shakespeare · Love's Labour's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.
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