"Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound; When cut by [wit], it casts a brighter beam; Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still."
— Diamond

January 1, 1970

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Young Bevil, in Night Thoughts, quoted in James Plumptre Four discourses on subjects relating to the amusement of the stage: preached, Printed by F. Hodson, for F. C. and J. Rivington; sold by J. Hatchard, London, 1809, p. 198