Quote by Samuel Johnson

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.


I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Summary

This quote means that the speaker found humor and amusement in outdated and irrelevant comedy plays. They likely enjoyed extracting jokes and humorous elements from these forgotten plays, perhaps finding them amusing or ironically funny due to their lack of relevance in contemporary times.

Topics

Humor
By Samuel Johnson
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