A pistol let off at the ear, not a feather to tickle the intellect.

Charles Lamb

On puns.

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Jokes

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Charles Lamb

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Definition

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lamb, Charles [published as Elia]. "Popular Fallacies: IX, That the Worst Puns Are the Best." The London Magazine, 1826.

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War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means.

Karl Von Clausewitz

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Karl Von Clausewitz
Source
On War
Genre
Political literature
Language
German
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Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Clausewitz, Karl. Vom Kriege [On War]. Berlin: Ferdinand Dummler, 1832, ch. 1, pt. 1.

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A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

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Critics

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Kenneth Tynan
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Tynan, Kenneth. Quoted in "Critic Kenneth Tynan Has Mellowed But Is Still England's Stingingest Gadfly." Written by Godfrey Smith. The New York Times, 9 Jan. 1966.