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A witty saying proves nothing.
Wit is educated insolence.
The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.
Theres a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
True wit is Nature to advantage dressd What oft was thought but neer so well expressd.
WITTICISM n. A sharp and clever remark usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
His wit invites you by his looks to come But when you knock it never is at home.
People who cant be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeares wit.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
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A witty saying proves nothing.
Wit is educated insolence.
The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.
Theres a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
True wit is Nature to advantage dressd What oft was thought but neer so well expressd.
WITTICISM n. A sharp and clever remark usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
His wit invites you by his looks to come But when you knock it never is at home.
People who cant be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeares wit.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.