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The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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.]
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wits are sure to madness near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
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.
