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You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
— Sacha Guitry
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Guitry draws a sharp line between two kinds of performance: solemnity is easy to fake, but genuine wit can't be manufactured on command. It's a compliment to true cleverness disguised as a dry observation about pretense.
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