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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 is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike
Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting
of extremes round a corner.
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting
of extremes round a corner.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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.]
