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Lectures on the English Comic Writers ‧ 1819
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Wit is compared to salt: it gives conversation flavour but cannot serve as the substance. Talk made only of cleverness would be like a meal of seasoning, so the speaker suggests sparkle works best sprinkled over real content.
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