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"The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest."

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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

— Plautus

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Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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