Pun/history

Famous quotes containing the words pun and/or history:

“A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)

“The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. We suspect they are unworthy. We arraign our daily employments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)