Dishes Quote by George Horne

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

— William Hazlitt

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

— Ambrose Bierce

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food, and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.

— Agnes Repplier

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with…

— Dalai Lama

Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.

— Abraham ibn Ezra

Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food.

— Henry Fielding

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

— John Selden

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater…

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

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

— William Shakespeare

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel