Ralph Waldo Emerson: Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, and no force of character can make any

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, and no force of character can make any stand against good wit.

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