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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.
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 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.
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough
to be a wit.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.
