Wit Quotes

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In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Not all your heroism, not… — Alfred North Whitehead
The well of true wit is truth itself. — George Meredith
If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth. — John Lyly
Wit isn't a useful instrument of defense; it may make a short-run appeal, but it creates a backlash- one saw this in the Hiss case… — Diana Trilling
It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that ought… — Wendell Berry
Your wit makes others witty. — Catherine the Great
When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish. — Jack Smith
It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm. — Yehudi Menuhin
Though it is evident, that not more than one age or people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning than any other,… — Samuel Johnson
A change of strategy suggests there is a strategy. I don't see a strategy that deals with - that concerns with dealing wit with ISIL… — David Ignatius
When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs. — Criss Jami
My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic… — Mike Leigh
Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of… — Epictetus
...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his… — Samuel Johnson
Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue and… — Hester Lynch Piozzi
I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality. — Bob Geldof
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit. — Lou Brock
Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years. — Margaret Cavendish
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit. — Margaret Cavendish
President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you… — Elton Gallegly

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