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Wit

«Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.»
«Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is possible to stab oneself in one's own back.»
«The well of true wit is truth itself»
Author: George Meredith (Novelist, Poet) | About: Truth, Wit | Keywords: The WELL
«Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner»
«Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike»
«Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly»
«Wit is educated insolence.»
«Wit is cultured insolence.»
«Wit is the epitaph of an emotion»
«Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity»

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