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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
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.]
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
