A jest's prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.


Love's Labour's Lost [1594—1595], V, ii, 869


A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.