True Wit Quotes

8 quotes by 5 authors

• True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed. — Alexander Pope
• Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh… — Lord Chesterfield
• True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another. — Walter Savage Landor
• The well of true wit is truth itself. — George Meredith
• When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin. — George Herbert
• Poets like painters, thus unskilled to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments… — Alexander Pope
• True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'd What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That… — Alexander Pope

Who Wrote These True Wit Quotes

5 authors contributed a total of 8 True Wit Quotes as follows:

• 3 True Wit Quotes by Alexander Pope
• 1 True Wit Quote by Lord Chesterfield
• 1 True Wit Quote by Walter Savage Landor
• 1 True Wit Quote by George Meredith
• 1 True Wit Quote by George Herbert