Alike Quote by Madame de Stael

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

— Madame de Stael

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

— Anonymous

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things which are alike

— Madame De Stael

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 the flower of the imagination.

— Livy

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.

— Luc de Clapiers

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

— Dorothy Parker

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

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

— Patrick O'Brian