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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any read more
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the read more
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance