Wit Quotes

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Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth. — Stan Laurel
The Americans just have a great sort of wit about them. — Peter Capaldi
All my shows are therapy, trying to navigate interesting subjects so I can work them out and to be honest and say some things are… — Marcus Brigstocke
There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which people… — Christopher Lloyd
A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the… — Jakob Bohme
The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability;… — Henry Williamson
Poesy must not be drawn by the ears: it must be gently led, or rather, it must lead, which was partly the cause that made… — Philip Sidney
I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them readably is in… — Tina Brown
What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me… — Pico Iyer
Young gentlemen with literary aspirations usually start a new university magazine, which for wit and pungency is designed to eclipse all such previous efforts, and… — Edward Frederic Benson
Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease - the rust of the soul, a… — Samuel Smiles
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry… — William Blake
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. — Richard Steele
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. — Henry Fielding
What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The banalities of a great man pass for wit. — Alexander Chase
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. — James Boswell
Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike. — Madame de Stael
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. — Elizabeth Montagu

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