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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Wit consists in...

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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze, 1987.
-- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, (Apr 22 1766-1817), French-Swiss woman of letters, political propagandist; She was a respected political propagandist and conversationalist who epitomized the European culture of her time.


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