...dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose." Does the Audience Share Tour Great Wit? A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost. 5, 2 Humor can be a powerful...

...appearance he was particularly up to date; but unfortunately what is up to date soon becomes out of date. A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it; and our ears have long lost their relish for this kind of Tudor humor. Pistol was contemporary, and...

...construction. Freud quotes Shakespeare to illustrate the dynamic between told, teller, and listener: A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. (Love's Labor's Lost, V.ii.861)25 Interpreting jokes tells...

...spirit, Whose influence is begot of that loose grace, Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools : A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamors of their...

...itself in the laughter of its hearers. Similarly, as Rosaline says to Berowne in Love's Labor's Last, "A jest's prosperity lies in the ear / Of him that hears it, never in the tongue / Of him that makes it" (5.2.857-59). If the success of a jest depends largely...

...the end she imposes a twelve-month penance on Berowne before she will marry him. She reminds him that 'a jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it', and condemns him to try his wit in a hospital among the 'groaning wretches'. Berowne describes her...

...argument, again, with a Shakespearean quotation, this time from Love's Labour's Lost (5. 2. 851-53): A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it. never in the tongue Of him thai makes it... (Jokes 144 = Witz 162) Simply put, thls means we never...

...behavior of the lords, however well framed their styles, nonetheless falls short of genuine civility: "A jest's prosperity lies in the ear / Of him that hears it, never in the tongue / Of him that makes it" (5.2.849-51). Civility and the pursuit of eloquence imagined...

..."Many a true word is spoken in jest." — English proverb "Jesters do oft prove to be prophets." — "A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes it." — "They jest at scars, that never felt a wound." — Shakespeare...

...gibing spirit, Whose influence is begot ofthat loose grace Which shallow laughing hearers give to fools: igh pay and great rewards: But all in vain; they had no h never in the tongue Of him that makes it: then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their...