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Wit Quotes by Henry Fielding
- Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
- And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened…
- Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
- Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will…
More Wit Quotes
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
- The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Avicenna
- If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. — Francis Bacon
- The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
- Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce
- Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting… — Unknown Author
- Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee