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DRAMATISTS > dramatist, poet > William Shakespeare
A jest's prosperity...
Vendor: DRAMATISTS
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Source: Love's Labour's Lost, V. ii. (869).
-- William Shakespeare, (Apr 23 1564-1616), English dramatist, poet; He is considered the greatest writer in any language for his 154 sonnets and 37 plays, e.g., Hamlet, 1600.