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Wit Quotes

At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it Picture Quote #1

The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament Picture Quote #1

One wit, like a knuckle ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage Picture Quote #1

When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more? Picture Quote #1

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another’s wit Picture Quote #1

Criticism is as often a trade as a science; it requiring more health than wit, more labor than capacity, more practice than genius Picture Quote #1

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The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one’s own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others Picture Quote #1

Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it Picture Quote #1

There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect Picture Quote #1

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it Picture Quote #1

But let a lord once own the happy lines, how the wit brightens! How the style refines! Picture Quote #1

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out Picture Quote #1

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Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; both most are valued where they best are known Picture Quote #1

The lives of trees lie only in the barks, and in their styles the wit of greatest clerks Picture Quote #1

Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to Picture Quote #1

For daring nonsense seldom fails to hit, like scattered shot, and pass with some for wit Picture Quote #1

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, and to do that well craves a kind of wit Picture Quote #1

I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was Picture Quote #1

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His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it Picture Quote #1

What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! Picture Quote #1

Take a portion of wit, and fashion it fit, like a needle, with point and with eye: a point that can wound, an eye to look round, and at folly or vice let it fly Picture Quote #1

My dad was a very funny man - he’s the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I’m sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress Picture Quote #1

The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt to be too cynical a creature to dream at all Picture Quote #1

The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist Picture Quote #1

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Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit Picture Quote #1

Wit is not levelled so much at the muscles as at the heart; and the latter will sometimes smile when there is not a single wrinkle on the cheek Picture Quote #1

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write Picture Quote #1

The wit, wisdom and insights of a different person are often unpalatable, weird and absurd to the senses of many ordinary people Picture Quote #1

Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of ‘em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass Picture Quote #1

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way Picture Quote #1

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At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it (Wit Quotes) The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament (Wit Quotes) One wit, like a knuckle ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage (Wit Quotes) When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more? (Wit Quotes) Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another’s wit (Wit Quotes) Criticism is as often a trade as a science; it requiring more health than wit, more labor than capacity, more practice than genius (Wit Quotes) The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one’s own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others (Wit Quotes) Every man depends on the quantity of sense, wit, or good manners he brings into society for the reception he meets with in it (Wit Quotes) There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect (Wit Quotes) Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it (Wit Quotes) But let a lord once own the happy lines, how the wit brightens! How the style refines! (Wit Quotes) A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out (Wit Quotes) Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; both most are valued where they best are known (Wit Quotes) The lives of trees lie only in the barks, and in their styles the wit of greatest clerks (Wit Quotes) Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to (Wit Quotes) For daring nonsense seldom fails to hit, like scattered shot, and pass with some for wit (Wit Quotes) This fellow is wise enough to play the fool, and to do that well craves a kind of wit (Wit Quotes) I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was (Wit Quotes) His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it (Wit Quotes) What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! (Wit Quotes) Take a portion of wit, and fashion it fit, like a needle, with point and with eye: a point that can wound, an eye to look round, and at folly or vice let it fly (Wit Quotes) My dad was a very funny man - he’s the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I’m sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress (Wit Quotes) The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt to be too cynical a creature to dream at all (Wit Quotes) The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist (Wit Quotes) Depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult. Pubic hair is no substitute for wit (Wit Quotes) Wit is not levelled so much at the muscles as at the heart; and the latter will sometimes smile when there is not a single wrinkle on the cheek (Wit Quotes) I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write (Wit Quotes) The wit, wisdom and insights of a different person are often unpalatable, weird and absurd to the senses of many ordinary people (Wit Quotes) Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of ‘em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass (Wit Quotes) I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way (Wit Quotes)

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