witticism

For me this is neither a witticism nor a joke.
Pour moi, ce n'est ni un trait d'esprit ni une plaisanterie .
It is a witticism which, like all witticisms, contains a grain of truth.
C'est un mot d'esprit qui, comme tous les mots d'esprit, contient un brin de vérité.
Mark Twain summed up what I take to be one of the fundamental problems of cognitive science with a single witticism.
Mark Twain a résumé ce que je considère être un des problèmes fondamentaux de la science cognitive avec une plaisanterie unique.
I wished I could have thought of some witticism in reply to his put-down.
J'aurais aimé qu'il me vienne une repartie pour répondre à sa remarque désobligeante.
A witticism like that would be of interest to people this evening.
Ma chère, des mots d'esprit comme celui-ci intéresseraient les jeunes gens ce soir.
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