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«Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield (Diplomat, Statesman, Wit) | Keywords: admires, aim, endure, must have, share, shining, wit
«Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool»
Author: Spanish Proverb | Keywords: discretion, fool, hand, sword, the Hand, wit
«Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Food, Wit | Keywords: salt, salted, wit
«Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning»
Author: Benjamin Franklin (Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer) | About: Action, Words | Keywords: Actions, meaning, show, wit, word meaning
«Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | Keywords: Among the, People of, rarest, uneducated, wit
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