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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
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.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
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.]
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
