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Hoid's insults
Stormlight Archive
In the Stormlight Archive, Hoid is the King's Wit of Alethkar.
“He was a sword, a tool maintained by the king. Insulting others was beneath the dignity of the king, so just as one used gloves when forced to handle something vile, the king retained a Wit so he didn’t have to debase himself to the level of rudeness or offensiveness”
— Description of the King's Wit[1]
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“ "Ah, young Prince Adolin!” Wit exclaimed. “You actually managed to pry yourself away from the camp’s young women long enough to join this hunt? I’m impressed.” ”
“ “Have I told you about the night Prince Renarin and I had two days back, walking the streets of the warcamp? We came across these two sisters, you see, blue eyed and—”
“That’s a lie!” Renarin said, blushing.
“Very well,” Wit said without missing a beat, “I’ll confess there were actually three sisters, but Prince Renarin quite unfairly ended up with two of them, and I didn’t wish to diminish my reputation by—” ”
“Lady Alami! No, please, don't speak--it's much easier to maintain my illusions regarding your intelligence that way”
Mistborn Secret History
“Says the man who built a revolution upon the backs of the dead. At least I only need one corpse”