Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

机智作为一种报复手段，就像艺术作为一种感官刺激手段一样臭名昭著。

-- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel 卡尔·威廉·施勒格尔