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Letter "R" » repartee
«Silence [is] the unbearable repartee.»
Author: Alexander Theroux
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«Repartee: What a person thinks of after he becomes a departee»
Author: Dan Bennett
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repartee
«I cannot think of any repartee, / I simply wag my great, long, furry ears.»
«A majority is always better than the best repartee.»
«REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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American Indian, aversion, constitutional, North American, North American Indian, offend, repartee, retort, retorted
«Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.»
«Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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four, hours, late, repartee, think of, Too late, twenties, twenty-four, twenty-four hours, twenty
«A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.»
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