“He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.”
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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
James Boswell 
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A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
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For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
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If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.
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I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.
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