Wit Quotes

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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side. — Jane Austen
If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave… — Ray Bradbury
There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am… — Jonathan Swift
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among… — James Boswell
And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened… — Henry Fielding
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts. — Mike Tyson
I'm filled with admiration, delight, and gratitude at discovering James Lasdun's poems in A Jump Start. He has wit, speed, intelligence, a keen eye, precision,… — Anthony Hecht
Puns are the droppings of soaring wits. — Victor Hugo
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way — John Zorn
If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints… — Henry David Thoreau
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. — William Shakespeare
No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us… — Seneca the Younger
Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. — Charles Lamb
When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor. — Austin O'Malley
Behind every footballing tough guy there lurks a mincing aesthete with a love of art for art's sake, football for football's sake. A win without… — Simon Barnes
Genius is, to be sure, not a matter of arbitrariness, but rather of freedom, just as wit, love, and faith, which once shall become arts… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Kyria Abrahams, former teen bride of a doomsday cult and seeker of salvation in slam poetry, tells the terribly funny story of her improbable life… — Janice Erlbaum
For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike. — Herodotus
I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper makin money... ya… — The Notorious B.I.G.

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