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Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no read more
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.
Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
