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An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for 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.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
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.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.