The picture placed the busts between Adds to the thought much strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly 's at… — Jane Brereton Copy Share Image
A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years,… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species. — Penelope Gilliatt Copy Share Image
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold,… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Though it is evident, that not more than one age or people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork And drive the… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Is it possible your pragmatical worship should not know that the comparisons made between wit and wit, courage and courage, beauty and… — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes. — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
Many gays have a good sense of humour and they like the wit I hopefully put into my performances. — June Brown Copy Share Image
The Scandinavians are dear people but they've never been what you might call bywords for wit and sparkle, have they? — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do, is not… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
There's a lot of heart to Bob's work that doesn't always get recognized because of all of the sensuality, dark statements and… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents. — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When newspapers are the principal vehicles of the wit and wisdom of a people, the higher graces of composition can hardly be… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
“Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“If you have money but not love you will somehow manage, but if you don't have both then you are in serious… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
No one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its… — Cub Koda Copy Share Image
“If you change who you are to suit other people, you may end up dressed for the wrong occasion” — Benny Bellamacina 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
The wit of man has devised cruel statutes, And nature oft permits what is by law forbid. — Ovid Copy Share Image
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
You will miss a normal life while living a successful life, but not as much as the craving for a successful life… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
