Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.
In the original Greek
ἡ γὰρ εὐτραπελία πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις ἐστίν.
Rhetoric · 322 BC
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Aristotle. The Art of Rhetoric, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, pt. 12, sect. 16.
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Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 12, sect. 16.