Knowledge Quote by Madame De Stael

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

— Anonymous

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

— Madame de Stael

Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike.

— Madame de Stael

We speak about differences when things look alike

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

Resemblances are the shadows of differences. Different people see different similarities and similar differences.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Wit is the appearance, the external flash, of fantasy. Hence its divinity and the similarity to the wit of mysticism.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Good similes depend upon close observation. They depend upon brevity and wit....They have to fit in context.

— James J. Kilpatrick

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Stephen Fry

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

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel