The door was flung open. Maurice Duplay filled it; energetic master, shirt- sleeves rolled up. He threw out his arms, the good Jacobin Duplay, and formed a sentence totally original, something which had never been uttered in the history of the world: “Camille, you have a son, and your wife is very well, and is asking you to be at home, right now.
Hilary MantelTag: wit parenthood
A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
Diana VreelandTag: entertainment wit comedy witty conversation talk talking
[Obituary of atheist philosopher Richard Robinson]
An Atheist's Values is one of the best short accounts of liberalism (a term Robinson accepted) and humanism (a term he ignored) produced during the present century, all the more powerful for its lucidity and moderation, its wit and wisdom. It may now seem old-fashioned, but during those confused alarms of struggle and fight between the ignorant armies of left and right, thousands of readers must have taken inspiration from Richard Robinson's rational defence of rationalism.
It is a pity that it is now out of print, when there is still so much nonsense and so little sense in the world.
Tag: wisdom reason world liberalism atheism moderation wit humanism atheist struggle sense nonsense rationalism ignorant obituary an-atheist-s-values richard-robinson
It is the curse of the competent―not to be called upon.
Robert PriestTag: cynicism wit aphorism meritocracy competence micro-poetry
The best thing to learn from any government is that it does not get affacted by what other people talk or think about it.
Amit KalantriTag: humor inspirational optimism inspiration self-esteem inspirational-quotes humour self wit self-awareness government self-motivation self-belief optimist optimistic
Erudition is the crude residue of wilted harvests; wit: the meddlesome weed that wilts them.
Ashim ShankerTag: intelligence poetry creativity wit epistemology erudition harvests mind-power wilds-of-the-intellect meddlesome-weed wilt
Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable of in broad daylight than what a ghost is capable of at night.
Steve MaraboliTag: humor fear life human wit ghosts
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