Amiable Quote by Jeremiah Seed

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

— Alexander Pope

“A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ Survey the whole nor seek slight faults…

— Alexander Pope

“The most interesting inconsistency in thought is connected with the Bower of Bliss. This passage--the twelfth canto of the second Book--is probably the best…

— Janet Spens

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.

— Thomas Shadwell

Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.

— Stephen Fry

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

— Anonymous

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

— Novalis

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“A perfect Judge will read each work of Wit With the same spirit that its author writ; Survey the WHOLE, nor seek slight faults…

— Alexander Pope

Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle.

— Philip Sidney

Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington