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Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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.]
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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.
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.
His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
