Wit Quotes

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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
The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a… — William Cowper
There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit. — Alexander Pope
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. — Alexander Pope
Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home. — Alexander Pope
I have more zeal than wit. — Alexander Pope
No charm, no humor, no wit -- and a personality which can only be described as 'icky.' . — Conan O'Brien
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation. — Jacques Barzun
No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern… — Sigmund Freud
We pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace,… — Bruce Barton
Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof; Let… — Charles Churchill
Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike. — Madame de Stael
Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it. — Abraham Cowley
Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents. — Lewis Thomas
Few influential people involved with the Internet claim that it is a good in and of itself. It is a powerful tool for solving social… — Esther Dyson
Surely in much talk there cannot choose but be much vanity. Loquacity is the fistula of the mind,--ever-running and almost incurable, let every man, therefore,… — Herbert Spencer
Time is always wanting to me, and I cannot meet with a single day when I am nut hurried along, driven to by wits'-end by… — George Sand
It is sometimes forgotten how much wit there is in certain works of abstract art. There is a certain point in undergoing anguish when one… — Robert Motherwell
A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is to commend well. — John Tillotson
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit. — Aulus Persius Flaccus

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