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Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
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.]
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
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.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
