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Witty Quotes by William Shakespeare
- If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well. It were done quickly.
- She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty How love makes young men thrall and old men dote How love…
- I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned…
- Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention:…
- Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
- The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
- Brevity is the soul of wit.
- I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
- Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
More Witty Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine