William Shenstone Quotes About Wit

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A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately.
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William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.98

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It seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.
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William Shenstone (1764). “The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: Most of which Were Never Before Printed ...”, p.183

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Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment.
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William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.159

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