Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one.

Walter Savage Landor

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Landor, Walter Savage. "Chesterfield and Chatham." Imaginary Conversations. c. 1825.

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A quote by Walter Savage Landor about jokes: “Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap…”

A quote by Walter Savage Landor about jokes: “Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap…”

A quote by Walter Savage Landor about jokes: “Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap…”