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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch read more
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen
recontre erkennen.]
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
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Sublime Philosophy!
Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;
And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!
We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,
By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.
What silly people wits are!
[Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]
What silly people wits are!
[Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]
