G.k. ChestertonIt will be generally found that the popular joke is not true to the letter, but is true to the spirit. The joke is generally in the oddest way the truth and yet not the fact.
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Joke is not always the truth. The joke is not always the ultimate truth. It’s often true to the spirit but not always true to the letter. This quote is saying that if you think ‘the joke is true,’ you might have a different meaning of what you think it is. So, before taking a joke too seriously, look at the whole story behind it and decide for yourself whether it is true or not.
Source: All Things Considered
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