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Wit Quotes

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor Picture Quote #1

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things Picture Quote #1

The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it Picture Quote #1

Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself Picture Quote #1

The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is that it gives me the greater freedom of playing the fool Picture Quote #1

So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again Picture Quote #1

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What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your suspended electrified wit Picture Quote #1

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom Picture Quote #1

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand Picture Quote #1

I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country Picture Quote #1

To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human Picture Quote #1

You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come: Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home Picture Quote #1

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It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent Picture Quote #1

With respect to wit, I learned that there was not much difference between the half and the whole Picture Quote #1

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture Picture Quote #1

Wit has a deadly aim and it is possible to prick a large pretense with a small pin Picture Quote #1

The next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to quote another’s wit Picture Quote #1

She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man Picture Quote #1

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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their marriage were not perceived to have any relationship Picture Quote #1

Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom Picture Quote #1

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty Picture Quote #1

I don’t like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel Picture Quote #1

Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire Picture Quote #1

We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of wit joined to malice than of dullness without it Picture Quote #1

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Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker Picture Quote #1

He had too thoughtful a wit: like a penknife in too narrow a sheath, too sharp for his body Picture Quote #1

They make their fortune who are stout and wise, wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies Picture Quote #1

The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another Picture Quote #1

Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it, is a proverb old, and of excellent wit Picture Quote #1

Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable Picture Quote #1

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Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor (Wit Quotes) For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things (Wit Quotes) The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it (Wit Quotes) Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself (Wit Quotes) The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is that it gives me the greater freedom of playing the fool (Wit Quotes) So if a man’s wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again (Wit Quotes) What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your suspended electrified wit (Wit Quotes) Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom (Wit Quotes) To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand (Wit Quotes) I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country (Wit Quotes) To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human (Wit Quotes) You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come: Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home (Wit Quotes) It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent (Wit Quotes) With respect to wit, I learned that there was not much difference between the half and the whole (Wit Quotes) Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture (Wit Quotes) Wit has a deadly aim and it is possible to prick a large pretense with a small pin (Wit Quotes) The next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to quote another’s wit (Wit Quotes) She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man (Wit Quotes) Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their marriage were not perceived to have any relationship (Wit Quotes) Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom (Wit Quotes) A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty (Wit Quotes) I don’t like jokes in speeches. I do like wit and humor. A joke is to humor what pornography is to erotic language in a good novel (Wit Quotes) Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire (Wit Quotes) We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of wit joined to malice than of dullness without it (Wit Quotes) Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker (Wit Quotes) He had too thoughtful a wit: like a penknife in too narrow a sheath, too sharp for his body (Wit Quotes) They make their fortune who are stout and wise, wit rules the heavens, discretion guides the skies (Wit Quotes) The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another (Wit Quotes) Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it, is a proverb old, and of excellent wit (Wit Quotes) Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable (Wit Quotes)

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