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"And are you going to explain why you consider competing with me to be the most sincere form of compliment? "Of course I am, Lightsong said. "My dear, have you ever known me to make an inflammatorily ridiculous statement without providing an equally ridiculous explanation to substantiate it? "Of course not, she agreed. "You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic. "I am rather exceptional in that regard."
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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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"Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."
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"Great men may jest with saints 'tis wit in them But in the less foul profanation."
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"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."
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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."
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"When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs."
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"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."
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"Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example."
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"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
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"Make the doors upon a woman's wit,and it will out at the casement;shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole;stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney."
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"The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them."
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"You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.It's really funny."
Humor
"Brightlord Adolin insisted. So long as you were in here, he wouldn't leave. We tried to stop him, but the man's a prince. We can't storming make him do anything, not even leave. He locked himself away in the cell and we just had to live with it."
Loyalty
"We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before."
Creation
"Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."Ranette: "Your mansion isn't safe?"Wax: "My butler failed to poison me, then tried to shoot me, then set off an explosive in my study"Ranette: "Huh.... You need to screen these people better, Wax."
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"Only expectation has value as currency."
Philosophy
"Good men don't become legends," he said quietly."Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway."
Virtue
"Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?"
Religion
"Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees."
Life
"A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then."
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