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Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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.
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.
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper read more
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
