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"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."
Wit,
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"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."
Love
"I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again."
Thought
"The higher the building the lower the morals."
Building
"My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough."
Body
"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."
People
"That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together."
War
"I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise."
Love
"Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."
Success
"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."
Motivational
"Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed."
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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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"The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go."
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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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"The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles."
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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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"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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"Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond."
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"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
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"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."
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