When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince
I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest Jack Worthing fools I
She liked matching her wits against a brain as intelligent as her own, she liked outguessing him because she was never sure she actually did outguess him. Colin McCullough Thorn Birds Ralph de Bricassart
All the English men I know think they're funny but they never laugh. Madame Marinette Englishmen laugh self-irony