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  • The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humour and so little wit in their literature.

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2015). “The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria”, p.2860, e-artnow

  • What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.

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    'Epigram' (1802)

  • Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare.

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  • Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1836). “Letters, Conversations and Recollections”, p.233
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • Born: October 21, 1772
  • Died: July 25, 1834
  • Occupation: Poet
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