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The well of true wit is truth itself.

— George Meredith

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  2. Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too.
  3. A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
  4. 'How divine is utterance!' she said. 'As we to the brutes, poets are to us.'
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  6. There is nothing the body suffers that the soul may not profit by.
  7. Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
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  • wisdom
  • humor
  • wit

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