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"To the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them."
"Thy wit is as quick as the greyhounds mouth; it catches."

Wit is a form of intelligent humour—the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. Someone witty, also known as a wit, is a person skilled at wit, making spontaneous one-line or single-phrase jokes. Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack.
"To the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them."
"Nul naura de lesprit, hors nous et nos amis."
"For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each others aid, like man and wife."
"Evn wits a burthen, when it talks too long."
"Mother Wit. (Natures mother wit)."
"Some mens wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven."