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“Silence is the wit of fools.”
Anatole France
“It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues”
Jean de la Bruyere
“As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.”
Plato
“Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.”
Nathaniel Emmons
“Wit is the epitaph of an emotion”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.”
Dorothy Parker
“Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Puns are the droppings of soaring wits”
Victor Hugo
“The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
William Somerset Maugham
“Wit must be foiled by wit : cut a diamond with a diamond”
William Congreve
