If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
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Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote humorously suggests that having two marriages is the only crime that is created by two legitimate ceremonies.
Bob Hope's quote uses wit to highlight the absurdity of bigamy, portraying it as a crime that paradoxically arises from the very acts (the rites of marriage) that are normally viewed as honorable and sacred. Hopeβs clever play on words underscores the irony that such a socially sanctioned act can lead to a legal and moral dilemma when it occurs twice, thereby making a 'wrong' out of two 'rights'.
Themes
BigamyMarriageHumorCrimeIrony
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a comedy routine about relationships.
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