Ambrose Bierce on Wit

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“WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”
Ambrose Bierce
“WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke."”
Ambrose Bierce