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Witlag: delay between delivery and comprehension of a joke.
Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike.
-- Madame de Stael...
WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar; never spread it around like marmalade.
-- Noel Coward...
Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity. -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Epistle to Dr.
Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Satires, Line 333...
WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted
what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke." -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, Line 15...
witzelsucht (vit'sel-zoocht) [Ger.
Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- Of Marriage and Single Life...

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