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Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.167
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.