Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.
Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.
I don't like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel.
Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
Wit and humor seem to always factor into this - there's a tongue-in-cheek tone you get when you take on a formalist story - because there's an inherent voice you're trying to copy (and often to satirize).
Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
For the qualities of sheer wit and humor, Swift had no superior, ancient or modern.
My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.
Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.
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