Expression: Wit has truth in it:

[Tom]

Hello everybody

Could you please help me understand the given quote (Reader's Digest: July 1967) by simplifying it? I would be thankful.

" Wit has truth in it:wisecracking is simply calisthenics
with words."

Waiting...

Tom

" A quote a day keeps comprehension skills problems
away." :D

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Humor or jokes have an element of truth. Making funny or humorous remarks is like telling the truth while giving your vocabulary a work-out.

Amy
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