Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Getting something and having the wits to use it...those are two different things. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Writings may be compared to wine. Sense is the strength, but wit the flavor. — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you have a wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
There's something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it's a grandiose form of funk. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What an ornament and safeguard is humor! Far better than wit for a poet and writer. It is a genius itself, and… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in… — Drake Copy Share Image
And I just hope that I'm forgiven for carin bout how they livin and loanin a little money and keepin em outta… — Drake Copy Share Image
O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“What have you done to your hair?” Mom’s broken voice said, pinning me back to this tiny hospital room. “Holy shit!” Icka… — Phoebe Kitanidis Copy Share Image
“Look, this is helping me out quite a bit, but could you just get to the punishment part? We're at the end… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Am I afraid of ghosts? My life experience has taught me to be much more afraid of what a human is capable… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“ Robert Ingersoll 's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none… — Charles Spalding Thomas Copy Share Image
You've got Hezbollah in Arizona. You've got Mexican drug cartels operating in Arizona. You've got the steady stream of illegals over the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is surprising to see what superficial, inconsequential reasonings satisfy the most part of mankind. A piece of wit, a jest, a… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
I’m not a romantic, I’m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think I’m smart. I’m not something anyone should know. I’m a… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image