Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
Have you noticed that the cleverest people at school are often not the ones who succeed in life?
I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer from that. I would rather sacrifice my own narrative in the exercise of writing a biography. So I'm not worried about whether I'm clever.
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
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