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G C Lichtenberg: If all else...

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If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

Source: Aphorisms, Notebook K, aph. 46 (written 1765 --99; tr. by R. J. Hollingdale, 1990).
-- G C Lichtenberg, (Jul 1 1742-1799), German physicist, writer; He is best known for his satirical wit ridiculing metaphysical and romantic excesses.


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