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Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.
Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
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.]
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Wit will shine
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
Wit will shine
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged 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.
