Calling upon that bastion of wit himself, Mr. G. K. Chesterton:
“I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.” – Illustrated London News, Oct. 7, 1916
Calling upon that bastion of wit himself, Mr. G. K. Chesterton:
“I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.” – Illustrated London News, Oct. 7, 1916
Wit is often best served as a cocktail, quick and to the point.
XVI – TO AVITUS
Of the epigrams which you read here, some are good, some middling, many bad; a book, Avitus, cannot be made in any other way.