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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- read more
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.
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.]
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.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
