Wit and Wisdom Author:Charlie T. Jones, Bob Phillips Wit & Wisdom is a collection of jokes, proverbs, quotes, stories, and several painfully bad puns meant to induce both mirth and insight in the mind of the reader. The book is arranged alphabetically by topic in the manner of a dictionary. Published in 1977, it was formerly titled The Fun Joke Book, but the original title was something of a misno... more »mer. Much of what you will find here is not funny nor is it meant to be: i.e., a bit of advice, sage warnings about the paths life offers us, and a number of Biblical quotations. This is not a religious book per se, however, as the vast majority of the Biblical quotations are taken from the Book of Proverbs and consist mainly of short lessons in common sense. You will find a lot of sayings you already know, but these are the types of things one does well to be reminded of periodically. Not everything here is funny, not by a long shot. Some of the puns are as bad as puns can be, and a few of the jokes fall flat, but there is still plenty of humor to go around. One thing about the book I didn't particularly like was the fact that only a significant minority of the quotes and sayings were accompanied by the names of their sources; certainly, a lot of these adages have no author we know of, but many statements clearly uttered by someone in history were not placed in complete context for me in these pages. A number of entries are referenced, however, particularly those springing from the minds of such famous thinkers as Seneca and Mark Twain. All in all, this book is a bit hit and miss in my opinion; on the whole, it is very good and serves up some good advice with a smile, yet there are some entries that I personally found bland, uninspiring, and hardly humorous. To each his own, though, and this book certainly has something to offer anyone who reads it.« less