Edges Quote by Edward Young

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

— William Penn

thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.

— William Shakespeare

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it…

— William Penn

Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humor is the oil and…

— Washington Irving

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and…

— King James I

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost…

— Jonathan Swift

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

— Washington Irving

“There is no razor sharper than that of words.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to…

— Jean de la Bruyere

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

— Alexander Pope

I can be kind of razor sharp in my disapproval.

— Jane Lynch

My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.

— Edmond Rostand