Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says that the ancient Muscovites wedded their wives with a whip instead of a ring.


Literature and life, lects (ed. 1851)

Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says...

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says...

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says...

Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says...