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Some wits, too, like oracles, deal in ambiguities, but not with equal success; for though ambiguities are the first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit.

Edward Young
Excellence, Lasts, Firsts
Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.267
Some wits, too, like oracles, deal in ambiguities, but not with equal success; for though ambiguities are the first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit.