Communication Quote by Alexander Pope

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.

— Samuel Johnson

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

— Anonymous

Wit is something more than a gymnastic trick of the intellect; true wit implies a beam of thought into the essence of a question,…

— Arthur Lynch

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.

— Agnes Repplier

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and…

— King James I

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld