Famous Quotes | A pun does not commonly justify...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Attribution: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), U.S. writer, physician. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, ch. 1 (1858).

Categories: Jokes And Jokers, Physician, Writer

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