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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Jokes Failure

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Landor, Walter Savage. "Dialogues of Sovereigns and Statesmen." Imaginary Conversations. Volume 2. c. 1825, no. 10.

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