There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him.

Queen Elizabeth I

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

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I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.

Mark Twain

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The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.

Winston Churchill

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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

George Bernard Shaw

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Humor is kindly. Wit is caustic.

Charlie Chaplin

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