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"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."
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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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"My mother-in-law belongs in Hell, but the devil is afraid she'll end up taking over."
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"Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."
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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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"Brevity is the soul of lingerie."
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"You still awake?' asked the anesthetist.'Nope,' I replied."
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"If it works, it will be plenty dramatic. And I suppose that if it doesn't work, it will be even more dramatic, what with the blast.""David, I think you just made a joke."He frowned, utterly perplexed. "Did I?"
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"Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game."Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week."
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"The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go."
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"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
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"I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Argument
"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself."
Friendship
"What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!"
Life
"If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good."
Power
"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
Conversation
"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."
Conversation
"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."
Wit
"We must take our friends as they are."
Friendship
"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."
Love
"It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy."
Man
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