George Eliot Quotes About Wit
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Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.
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These fellow-mortals, every one, must be accepted as they are: you can neither straighten their noses, nor brighten their wit, nor rectify their dispositions; and it is these people-amongst whom your life is passed-that it is needful you should tolerate, pity, and love: it is these more or less ugly, stupid, inconsistent people whose movements of goodness you should be able to admire-for whom you should cherish all possible hopes, all possible patience.
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Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?
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The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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