Wit Quotes

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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. — Omar Khayyam
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and… — Florence King
If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in… — Rudyard Kipling
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to… — Charles Lamb
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. — Abraham Lincoln
Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially… — Harvey Mackay
Impropriety is the soul of wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it. — Andre Maurois
I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was… — Paul McCartney
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. — George Meredith
Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly. — Michel de Montaigne
Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a… — Viggo Mortensen
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. — Ben Okri
Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes. — John Dos Passos
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. — William Penn
So vast is art, so narrow human wit. — Alexander Pope
A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. — Alexander Pope
Wit is the lowest form of humor. — Alexander Pope

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