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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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 only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
 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.] 
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.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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.