François de La Rochefoucauld: Raillery is a kind of mirth which takes possession of the imagination, and shows every object in an absurd light; wit co

Raillery is a kind of mirth which takes possession of the imagination, and shows — François de La Rochefoucauld

Raillery is a kind of mirth which takes possession of the imagination, and shows every object in an absurd light; wit combines more or less softness or harshness.

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