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People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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.
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch read more
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen
recontre erkennen.]
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
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.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
