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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 is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
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.]
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
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.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
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.
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.
