Dorothy Parker Quotes on Wit
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There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
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She must have done it sliding down a barrister.
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When she and Clare Boothe Luce were entering a room, Clare hung back, saying, 'Age before beauty'; Dorothy entered saying 'Pearls before swine.'