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"Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade."
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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."
"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."
"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."
"I am often the brunt of my own humor."
"If I start giving people what they like I'll turn into one of them and I don't want to be one of them I want to be one of me."
"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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