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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.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
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.]
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
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.
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 the salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
