"Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones."

Wit, Philosophy, Literature, Humor

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"Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones."

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"My mother-in-law belongs in Hell, but the devil is afraid she'll end up taking over."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"His foe was folly and his weapon wit."

Anthony Hope, British Writer

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"Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

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"Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

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"This is a lot more satisfying," he said, "when I have intelligent life whom I can render awed, rapt with attention for my clever verbosity."The ugly lizard-crab-thing on the next rock over clicked its claw, an almost hesitant sound."Your right, of course," Wit said. "My usual audience isn't particularly intelligent. That was also the obvious joke, however, so shame on you."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

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"The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

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"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."

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"You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by."

Learning

"No," said a voice, "the only thing wrong on a night like that is that there is a world and you must come back to it."

Reality

"From now on I hope always to stay alert, to educate myself as best I can. But lacking this, in Future I will relaxedly turn back to my secret mind to see what it has observed when I thought I was sitting this one out. We never sit anything out.We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out."

Mindfulness

"Her eyes reversed into herself, to watch the secret heart of herself pounding itself into pieces against the side of her chest."

Emotion

"It is a subliminal thing. It is the tick of a clock that has ticked so long one no longer notices. Something is in a room when a man lives in it. Something is not in the room when a man is dead in it."

Existence

"Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love."

Writing

"I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eye."

Learning

"We need our Arts to teach us how to breathe."

Art

"We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam."

Nature

"It doesn't matter what you do...so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away."

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