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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

Madame de Stael

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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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