Coquette Quote by Joseph Chenier

Wit: a whim followed by a wham.

— Mason Cooley

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

— Livy

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

Wit is well-bred insolence.

— Aristotle

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

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the oil and…

— Washington Irving

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

— Anonymous

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

— William Penn

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