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Wit Quotes by John Dryden
- A thing well said will be wit in all languages.
- Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.
- He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. . . . He was naturally…
- Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
- Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
- One cannot say he wanted wit, but rather that he was frugal of it.
- Let those find fault whose wit's so very small, They've need to show that they can think at all; Errors, like straws, upon the surface…
- Much malice mingled with a little wit Perhaps may censure this mysterious writ.
- Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
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