“To be of great wit and conversational powers, and simultaneously strong and serious and silent. To be generous and open and self-sacrificing,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Some people seem born with a head in which the thin partition that divides great wit from folly is wanting. — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Copy Share Image
A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image