Wit Quote by Geoffrey Bocca

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

— Anonymous

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

— Michel de Montaigne

Wit is a comic's defense weapon.

— Bob Crane

Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions and the…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

wit is often its own worst enemy.

— Maria Edgeworth

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many…

— John Gregory

“What's the point of having a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people?”

— Jeph Jacques

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

— Dorothy Parker

What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people.

— Jeph Jacques

Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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

Witticisms are fire-arms, that make a noise and give pain.

— Eugenie de Guerin