There's A Helluva Distance Between Wisecracking And Wit.

There's A Helluva Distance Between Wisecracking And Wit.

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There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth
in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
--Dorothy Parker

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