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Aristotle
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.
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Aristotle
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.
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Andreas Gryphius
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen recontre erkennen.]
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Andreas Gryphius
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen recontre erkennen.]
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Author: Andre Maurois
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
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Author: Aristotle
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.
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Author: George Herbert
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer: Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking; But if thou want it, buy it not too deare Many affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.
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Author: John Dryden
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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Author: Samuel Butler
We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it, As being loth to wear it out, And therefore bore it not about; Unless on holy days or so, As men their best apparel do.
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Author: Samuel Butler
Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
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