sympathy card vs wit

sympathy card

noun
  • An attempt to score points in a discussion by portraying oneself as a victim in need of sympathy (used with the verb "play"). 

  • A greeting card sent to family members of one who has died to express regret. 

wit

noun
  • A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty. 

  • Humour, especially when clever or quick. 

  • Sanity. 

  • The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints. 

  • Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. 

  • Intelligence; common sense. 

How often have the words sympathy card and wit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )