His Wit Quotes

20 quotes by 14 authors

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. — Lord Chesterfield
What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! — William Shakespeare
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to… — William Shakespeare
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour. — Henry Fielding
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must… — Francis Bacon
Painting is something that takes place among the colors, and one has to leave them alone completely, so that they can settle the matter among… — Rainer Maria Rilke
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. — William Shakespeare
He is a heavy eater of beef. Me thinks it doth harm to his wit. — William Shakespeare
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An… — Samuel Johnson
I knew the man up until our divorce - after that I didn't know the man, but it didn't stop me caring about him and… — Cynthia Lennon
On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dÃ©pens de sa mÃ©moire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory). — Alain-Rene Lesage
His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. — William Cowper
Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike. — William Shakespeare
if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure. — C.S. Lewis
When Vanity kissed Vanity, a hundred happy Junes ago, he pondered o'er her breathlessly, and, that all men might ever know, he rhymed her eyes… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit — Leo Tolstoy
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. — Henry Fielding
Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will… — Henry Fielding
His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable — Bertrand Russell

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