Rhetoric [Ῥητορική; Ars Rhetorica], Book 2, ch. 12, sec. 16 (2.12.16) / 1389b.11 (350 BC) [tr. Freese (1926)] - Aristotle | WIST Quotations
Wit is cultured insolence. [ἡ γὰρ εὐτραπελία πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις ἐστίν.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: "Wit is a refined petulance." [Source (1847)] "Facetiousness is chastened forwardness of manner." [tr. Buckley (1850)] "Wit is educated insolence." [tr. Jebb (1873)] "Wit being well-bred insolence." [tr. Roberts (1924)] "Wittiness is educated insolence." [tr. Bartlett…
