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John Dryden Quotes about Wit

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.353

One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it.

1668 Of Ben Jonson. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy,'Shakespeare and Ben Jonson Compared'.