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“To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”
“Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.”
“Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.”
“Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.”
“So vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
“Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.”
“There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.”
“One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.”
“Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
“I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
“Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.”
“Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.”
“Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”
“He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.”