Faults Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wit loses its point when dipped in malice.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

— Khalil Gibran

Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one

— Walter Savage Landor

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

A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius…

— William Shenstone

Malice blunts the point of wit.

— Douglas William Jerrold

Wit is a comic's defense weapon.

— Bob Crane

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

— Leigh Hunt

Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is possible to stab oneself in one's own back.

— Geoffrey Bocca

Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.

— John Dryden

Wit isn't a useful instrument of defense; it may make a short-run appeal, but it creates a backlash- one saw this in the Hiss…

— Diana Trilling

Wit is a thing capable of proof.

— Agnes Repplier