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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
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.]
His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
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.
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.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
