• Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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1. once-and-a-half
2. half-witted
3. appreciate
4. those
5. third
6. their

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Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit. by : Henry David Thoreau

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