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Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.
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 epitaph of an emotion
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
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.]
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
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 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.
