bon mot
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Wordplay, aphorisms and bon mots were Stoppard’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times
Chop up two-thirds of the dialogue into bon mots and it’d make a great book of inspirational quotes, the sort of thing a thoughtful auntie would slip into a kid’s stocking at Christmas.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet it’s also, via Hart’s acerbic bon mots, an incisive exploration of two opposing views of art.
Most cards include cryptic, sometimes multilingual bon mots written with his beloved Sumi-e brush pens.
From Los Angeles Times
Would you say you enjoy when one of these bon mots blows up?
From Los Angeles Times
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