Wit Quotes

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Vous eprouves trop d'emotion, Hastings, It affects your hands and your wits. Is that a way to fold a coat? And regard what you have… — Agatha Christie
I have taken to living by my wits. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no way at all… — Lewis Hyde
My wit is like your legs," said Xochi. " It would be selfish of me to keep it hidden. — Dan Wells
...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice… — M.M. Kaye
Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. — Winston Churchill
Iâ€™m not a romantic, Iâ€™m a half-wit. Only stupid people would think Iâ€™m smart. Iâ€™m not something anyone should know. Iâ€™m a lunatic wandering around… — Daniel Handler
You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with… — Dean Koontz
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. — William Shakespeare
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in… — Edmond Rostand
You must have your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed. — Pseudonymous Bosch
He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to… — Voltaire
Scattered wits take a long time in picking up. — Charles Dickens
Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last… — Giacomo Casanova
Go back' Taran shouted at the top of his voice.'Have you lost your wits?' Eilonwy, for it was she, half-halted. She had tucked her plaited… — Lloyd Alexander
When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wander a little from the truth. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Do you need anything before I go? I want you to return my wits, I long to say. — R.L. LaFevers
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a… — David Mitchell
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me,… — Marilyn Monroe

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