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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.
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.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
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.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
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.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
