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“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
Oscar Wilde
“Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
Dorothy Parker
“My presence of mind is frequently absent.”
Rain Bojangles
“At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Wit is cultured insolence.”
Aristotle
“Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.”
G. K. Chesterton
“Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest”
“Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning”
“Wit and Humor -- if any difference, it is in duration -- lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage -- the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.”
Mark Twain
“Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.”
Minna Antrim
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