Dullness Quote by William Hazlitt

Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in a lively…

— Jeremiah Seed

Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or…

— Carolyn Heilbrun

In my own prejudice.. I would have of a poet...whose worlds would not be too esoteric..fond of talking....capable of pity and laughter..appreciative of womem..involved…

— Louis MacNeice

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

— William Congreve

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and…

— King James I

There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Virtue!--to be good and just-- Every heart, when sifted well, Is a clot of warmer dust, Mix'd with cunning sparks of hell.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

— Joseph Addison

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

— Alexander Pope

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

— Chanakya

I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.

— Matthew Pearl

“A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ Survey the whole nor seek slight faults…

— Alexander Pope