Wit Quotes

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Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Avicenna
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. — Francis Bacon
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or… — Bono
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The Sarajevans have a very particular world view - a mordant wit coupled with this unbearable sadness and... truckloads of guts, you know. — Geraldine Brooks
I love to have battles of the wits with people that can dish fast and dirty - and it leads to problems occasionally, 'cause I… — Alton Brown
I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres. — Carrie Brownstein
It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. — Jean de la Bruyere
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. — Jean de la Bruyere
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits… — Louisa May Alcott
The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go. — Lord Byron
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. — Thomas Carlyle
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger… — Lewis Carroll
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I… — Graydon Carter
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. — Lord Chesterfield
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in… — Lord Chesterfield

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