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Wit Quotes
"When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years."
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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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"The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles."
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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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"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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