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Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
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.]
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.]
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.
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.
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
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
