Courtesy Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

The art of conversation consists far less in displaying much wit oneself than in helping others to be witty: the man who leaves your…

— Jean de la Bruyere

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to…

— Thomas Jefferson

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

— William Shakespeare

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to…

— Thomas Jefferson

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

— George Herbert

“The great drawback of being witty is that you have to keep your eyes fixed on the semi-idiots around you, and absorb their worthless…

— Stendhal

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

— Andre Maurois

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

— Joseph Joubert

“For such is the nature of man, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned;…

— Thomas Hobbes

I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered.

— Esha Gupta