Wit Quotes

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Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face,… — Callimachus
I love Tom Cruise. When Penelope Cruz is through with him, I'm next. — Christina Aguilera
For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit. — Robert Genn
It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent. — Jean de la Bruyere
Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. — Jean de la Bruyere
There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is… — John Muir
Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness... — Robert E. Howard
I am sorry the infernal Divinities, who visit mankind with diseases, and are therefore at perpetual war with Doctors, should have prevented my seeing all… — Erasmus Darwin
The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it. — Horace Walpole
In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel… — Dorothea Brande
I get up each morning, gather my wits, pick up the paper and read the obits. If I'm not there, I know I'm not dead,… — Pete Seeger
I don't want to lose ever. I don't want to lose at anything. I want to make weight faster than the guy that I'm fighting… — Daniel Cormier
A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years, the scrawl becomes… — Mark Lawrence
A true lady should have the wit and the imagination, or at least the very restraint, to express herself without resorting herself to such base… — Ari Marmell
Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that… — Charles Caleb Colton
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. — Charles Caleb Colton
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. CHARLES… — Charles Caleb Colton

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