Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.
Jonathan SwiftWords are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
Jonathan SwiftWhen a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift