Quote by Arthur Koestler
In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic k

In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. – Arthur Koestler

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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. – Arthur Koestler

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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast-tabl

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A lurking pun is the worst pun, one the offender has been waiting to spring on you. – Harry Mahtar

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Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted. – Fred Allen

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People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, 1858

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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat ones self. All sin is easy after that. – Pearl Bailey

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I say that justice is truth in action. – Benjamin Disraeli

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