| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 6397 |
| QUOTATION: | Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (18531917), British actor-manager. Quoted in Hesketh Pearson, Beerbohm-Tree, ch. 12 (1956). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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