Wit Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image “Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Wit
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business. — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
Quotation is a method of appropriation which is invincible, I think. It's not a procedure which displeases me, contrary to recycling. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting. — Carolyn Gold Heilbrun Copy Share Image
Neatness of phrase is so closely akin to wit that it is often accepted as its substitute. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Using quotations was at first quite spontaneous for me, but then this use became strengthened through reflection. But originally this practice came out of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to… — Aristophanes Copy Share Image
We do not claim that punning is legitimate wit. Wit consists in combination of ideas, punning in combination of words only. We wonder at… — Harriet Hosmer Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world. — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another — Fred Trueman Copy Share Image
“In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived and composed… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
