Wit Quotes

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The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. — William Shakespeare
Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my… — William Shakespeare
This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit, Which gives men stomach to digest his words With better appetite. — William Shakespeare
As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning… — David Hume
It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most… — Jane Austen
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We… — Edwin Markham
I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men. — William Shakespeare
So you think that you're a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What's wrong with that? In the first place, if you've any sense… — Tom Robbins
I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was. — William Shakespeare
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer — Douglas Adams
The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice… — Aldous Huxley
one thing I donâ€™t need is any more apologies i got sorry greetin me at my front door you can keep yrs i donâ€™t know… — Ntozake Shange
Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham
...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all… — Daphne du Maurier
Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common. — Dorothy Parker
I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book,… — Louis L'Amour
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He… — Soren Kierkegaard
His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it. — William Shakespeare
Of course itâ€™s the apparently tranquil periods that deceive us. Though our instruments or our senses or our wits may not be able to see… — Clive Barker

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