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To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

Your wit makes others witty.

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

A woman who laughs is a woman conquered.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.