A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation
Shakespeare, William. Love's Labour's Lost. 1597, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.
Current Citation
Shakespeare, William. "Love's Labour's Lost." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.