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Men of humour are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare.
Men of humour are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare.
Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1803 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Coleridge. · page_276
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