Jests and bon mots followed each other in rapid succession until the arrival of the carriage recalled to our faces an expression of official earnestness.
She avenged herself, in her drawing-room, by the biting bon mots which she hurled at Napoleon and his family, and which were of course faithfully repeated to the first consul.
The last great speech in Parliament, or the newest bon mot, were equally acceptable and equally relished.
The last new song or 'bon mot' and the gossip of the day were the sole topics of conversation in the Queen's parties.
You are full of jokes and bon mots.
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Anecdotes can be as brief as the setting and provocation of a "bonmot".
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It may be as brief as the setting and provocation of a "bonmot".
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His life was often in danger, but his ready wit always saved it and it was said that one "bonmot" would preserve him for a month.
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