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Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
