"The more wit the less courage."
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"The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark."
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"He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence."
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"A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule."
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"if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure."
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"And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits."
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"Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit."
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"If we had time and no money, living by our wits, what story would you tell?"
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"Scattered wits take a long time in picking up."
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"I have taken to living by my wits."
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"I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts."
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"Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom."
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"How every fool can play upon the word!"
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"A good wit will make use of anything."
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"If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt."
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"This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares."
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"How now, wit! Whither wander you?"
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"My wits begin to turn."
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"Muster your wits; stand in your own defence."
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"thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce."
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