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It is a great misfortune not to have enough wit to speak well, or not enough judgment to keep silent.
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It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well, nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
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Making a book is a craft, as is making a clock; it takes more than wit to become an author.
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The art of conversation consists less in showing one's own wit than in giving opportunity for the display of the wit of others.
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Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native genius. In the hands of a man who has read widely but lacks judgment, applied to certain subjects it can corrupt both its readers and the writer himself.
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The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes away pleased with himself and his own wit is also greatly pleased with you. Most men would rather please than admire you; they seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded.
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Born:
August 16, 1645
Died:
May 11, 1696
(aged 50)
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