Barbs Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

— Andre Maurois

“The great drawback of being witty is that you have to keep your eyes fixed on the semi-idiots around you, and absorb their worthless…

— Stendhal

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

— George Herbert

I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend…

— David Sedaris

If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

— Rosamund Pike

The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.

— Augustus Hare

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

— William Shakespeare

I think I hang out with some pretty witty people, but we're never that funny.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

— Oscar Wilde