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Impropriety is the soul of wit.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

不得体是智慧的灵魂。

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No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved; the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit."

无论文明对个人施加多大的限制，他总能找到某种方法来规避它。智慧是现代人进化出来的最好的安全阀;越是文明，越是压抑，越是需要智慧。”

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Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

俏皮话只要我们把它们限制在一定范围内，就会让人高兴，但如果我们把它们推得太过，就会引起冒犯。

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