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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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.
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.]
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get
blunted.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Wit is cultured insolence.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
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.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion