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The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
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.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
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 salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
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.]
