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You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
