Wit Quotes

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I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be… — Humphry Davy
Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. — Gerry Mulligan
A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
A fine and beautiful life lies before thee, because thou hast a lively mind and a good wit. Thine arms are very strong and sturdy.… — Marguerite de Angeli
Voices and movements approach loss and remembrance profoundly, making poetry of the mundane and seasoning it with wit. — Deborah Jowitt
There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new for… — Vincent Canby
What sort of attractions do you think lured our coreligionists out of the ghetto and into the mainstream of European culture? Was it the wit… — Ben Katchor
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. — William Shakespeare
Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom! — Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all. — Alcaeus
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent. — Antoine Rivarol
Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness. They have relished wit, they have indulged… — B. C. Forbes
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty? — Mason Cooley
Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has; but I am a great eater of beef, and I… — William Shakespeare
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit. — Henry David Thoreau
Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. — John Dryden
Hast any philosophy in thee shepherd? .â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ â€¢ . . . He that wants money, means and content, is without three good friends;… — William Shakespeare
What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people. — Jeph Jacques
I mean somebody with the wit and the guts to go and do and create. And, that I believe is what education is all about — Gordon Pask

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