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"A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom."
"He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism."
"The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power."
"An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness."
"[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment."
"Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion."
"[The Cretans have] more wit than words."
"Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government."
"The best prophet is common sense, our native wit."
"Wit is cultured insolence."
"They have a plentiful lack of wit."
"Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness."
"I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone."
"The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit."
"He seemeth to be most ignorant that trusteth most to his wit."
"The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny."
"An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught."
"Your wit makes others witty."
"The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits."