Wit Quotes

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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not. — Ben Jonson
True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit. — Ben Jonson
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on… — Joseph Wood Krutch
The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt… — H. L. Mencken
Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure. — Emanuel Celler
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to… — William Shakespeare
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. — Lucretius
Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. — Nathanael Emmons
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. — William Temple
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour. — Henry Fielding
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. — Mark Van Doren
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Your wits make others witty. — Catherine the Great
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit. — Charles Caleb Colton
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. — Samuel Johnson
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed. — Alexander Pope
A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do, is not hindered to do… — Thomas Hobbes
I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and… — Samuel Johnson

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