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Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest. By George Eliot Wit Rest Form Force Leaves

Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity. By Francois De La Rochefoucauld Wit Impunity Enables Act Rudely

Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery. By Alexander Pope Wit Expression Delivery Conversation Readiness

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius. By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Wit Genius Absolutely Sociable Spirit

Wit,the pupil of the soul's clear eye. By Sir John Davies Witthe Eye Pupil Soul Clear

Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions and the branding-iron, stabs, stings, pinches, tortures, goads, teases, corrodes, undermines. By Edwin Percy Whipple Stabs Stings Pinches Tortures Goads

Wit must be without effort. Wit is play, not work; a nimbleness of the fancy, not a laborious effort of the will; a license, a holiday, a carnival of thought and feeling, not a trifling with speech, a constraint upon language, a duress upon words. By Christian Nestell Bovee Wit Effort Play Work Fancy

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond. By William Congreve Diamond Cut Wit Foiled

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise. By Novalis Wit Cheerful Souls Equipoise Shows

Wit loses its point when dipped in malice. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan Wit Malice Loses Point Dipped

Here lies a Proof that Wit can never beDefence enough against Mortality By Aphra Behn Mortality Proof Wit Lies Bedefence

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. By Johann Kaspar Lavater Borrowed Wit Poorest

Those who object to wit are envious of it. By William Hazlitt Object Wit Envious

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man. By King James I Tricks Solidity Meet Man Call

Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure By Rowena Ravenclaw J.k.rowling Wit Treasure Measure Mans Greatest

Of all wit's uses, the main one is to live well with who has none. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Wit Main Live

You have a ready wit. Tell me when it's ready. By Henny Youngman Wit Ready

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends. By John Selden Wit Differ Turn Ends Wisdom

Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down. By Florence King Wit Jugular Jocular Football Character

A good wit will make use of anything. By William Shakespeare Good Wit Make

Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. By Lord Chesterfield People Wit Shining Quality Admires

True Wit is Nature to advantage dress'dWhat oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd;Something whose truth convinced at sight we find,That gives us back the image of our mind.As shades more sweetly recommend the light,So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit. By Alexander Pope Wit Nature True Thought Express

The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth. By Alexander Pope Earth Life Wit Warfare

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted. By Miguel De Cervantes Blunted Put Fine Point Wit

Wit invents; inspiration reveals. The inventions of wit are conceits - metaphors and paradoxes - that discover the secret correspondences that unite beings and things among and with themselves; inspiration is condemned to dissipate its revelations - unless a form can be found to contain them. By Octavio Paz Inspiration Invents Reveals Wit Conceits

One can have a wit, but not a witless By Brandon Sanderson Wit Witless

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others. By Stanislaw Leszczynski Wit Measure Sort

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion. By Friedrich Nietzsche Wit Emotion Epitaph

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. By Ambrose Bierce Wit American Salt Humorist Spoils

Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring. By Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach Wit Fountain Kindness Spring Intermittent

One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit. By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Wit Alexandrian Witticism Style

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands. By Agnes Repplier Sweet Defies Time Hands Wit

As in smooth oil the razor best is whet, So wit is by politeness sharpest set; Their want of edge from their offence is seen, Both pain us least when exquisitely keen. By Edward Young Whet Set Keen Smooth Oil

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness. By Baron De Montesquieu Wit Foolishness Seek Discover

The time for witticisms is over and the time for wits beginning. If By Robert Mccammon Time Beginning Witticisms Wits

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely. By William Penn Wit Sense Extremely Edge Recommends

Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. By William Hazlitt Wit Fact Indifference Eloquence

Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in a lively representation of ideas assembled together, gives every sensible object those heightening touches, and that striking imagery, which is unknown to men of slower apprehensions: wit being to sensible objects, what light is to bodies; it does not merely show them as they are in themselves: it gives an adventitious colour, which is not a property inherent in them: it lends them beauties which are not their own. By Jeremiah Seed Men Wit Turn Consisting Touches

Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling. By Khalil Gibran Wit Mask Juggling Tear Find

Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling ong>onong> vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food. By Henry Fielding Wit Onong Hunger Ong Vice

Too much wit makes the world rotten. By Alfred Lord Tennyson Rotten Wit Makes World

The witless destroy what they don't understand. By Loretta Chase Understand Witless Destroy

That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful, but not glaring. By Jeremiah Seed Amiable Thing Gentle Faint Powerful

My wit is only as stupid as the audience. By Aleksandra Ninkovic Audience Wit Stupid

Impropriety is the soul of wit. By W. Somerset Maugham Impropriety Wit Soul

Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit ... By Hester Lynch Piozzi Wit Fatiguing Life

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Wit Appearance Imagination External Flash

It's better to be a halfwit then no wit at all. By T.f. Hanson Halfwit Wit

Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit. By Charles Caleb Colton Reply Wit Gravity

Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food. By Henry Fielding Wit Hunger Ignorance Food Great

Humor wades across a brook, wit jumps over it. By Austin O'malley Humor Brook Wit Wades Jumps

Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit. By Rachel Caine Comeback Throw Wit Crush

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. By Nathanael Emmons Insanity Reason Wit Destroys

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it. By Francois De La Rochefoucauld Wit Accompanied Sense Small Degree

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. By Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington Wit Present Future Lives Genius

If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. By Lord Chesterfield Wit Hurt Scorching Shine Sun

Wit is the genius to perceive and the metaphor to express.' Or By Patricia Cornwell Wit Express Genius Perceive Metaphor

There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun. By Charles Caleb Colton Mind Body Captivates Wit Quality

Wit and humor belong to genius alone. By Miguel De Cervantes Wit Humor Belong Genius

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. By Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Wit Titillation Instrument Revenge Infamous

Your wit makes others witty. By Catherine The Great Witty Wit Makes

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to. By George Horne Wit Wisdom Meat Salt Comfortless

Don't set your wit against a child. By Jonathan Swift Child Set Wit

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. By Joseph Addison Morality Wit Endeavor Enliven Temper

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught. By Benjamin Franklin Bought Taught Ounce Wit Worth

Death has no wit By Akinwale Musa Oluseun Death Wit

Wit is the lowest form of humor. By Alexander Pope Wit Humor Lowest Form

The wit taught by God to the beeIs withheld from the lion and the wild ass. By Rumi God Ass Wit Taught Beeis

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. By Elizabeth Montagu Wit Consequences Scabbard Assailants Women

I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways findtheir Account in the Speculation of the Day. By Joseph Addison Day Morality Wit Readers Account

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wander a little from the truth. By Antoine De Saint-Exupery Wit Truth Wishes Play Wander

Malice blunts the point of wit. By Douglas William Jerrold Malice Wit Blunts Point

The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter. By Bill Vaughan Show Superiority Matter Wit Good

The well of true wit is truth itself. By George Meredith True Wit Truth

And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind. By Thomas Shadwell Mind Wit Noblest Frailty

Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull? By George Eliot Wit Dulness Dull Prove Witty

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure. By J.k. Rowling Wit Treasure Measure Man Greatest

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities. By Agnes Repplier Wit Love Qualities Infinite Deal

Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship. By Ninon De L'enclos Wit Friendship Dangerous Talent

A witer's mind is NEVER silent. It is always conducting the next symphony of words. By Leslie Austin Silent Witer Mind Words Conducting

It is often a sign of wit not to show it, and not to see that others want it. By Suzanne Curchod Sign Wit Show

True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none. By George Villiers, 1St Duke Of Buckingham True Everlasting Sun Describing Men

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Wit Nerdiness Seduces Signaling Intelligence

Brevity is the soul of wit. By Alexander Pope Brevity Wit Soul

The banalities of a great man pass for wit. By Alexander Chase Wit Banalities Great Man Pass

The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw. By Henry Ward Beecher Bauble Mere Wit Human Draw

Wit is artificial; humor is natural. Wit is accidental; humor is inevitable. Wit is born of conscious effort; humor, of the allotted ironies of fate. Wit can be expressed only in language; humor can be developed sufficiently in situation. By Agnes Repplier Wit Humor Artificial Natural Accidental

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker. By Jonathan Swift Perpetual Conversation Aiming Wit Bad

The soul of wit may become the very body of untruth. However elegant and memorable, brevity can never, in the nature of things, do justice to all the facts of a complex situation. On such a theme one can be brief only by omission and simplification. Omission and simplification help us to understand - but help us, in many cases, to understand the wrong thing; for our comprehension may be only of the abbreviator's neatly formulated notions, not of the vast, ramifying reality from which these notions have been so arbitrarily abstracted. By Aldous Huxley Untruth Soul Wit Body Omission

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. By Peggy Noonan Wit Humor Penetrates Envelops Intelligence

True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another. By Walter Savage Landor True Wit Man Falls

Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received with, perfect indifference should it happen to drop in a mackerel-boat. By Oliver Goldsmith Wit Poignancy Generally Succeeds Happily

A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant. By William Congreve Constant Wit Sincere Woman

I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit. By David Liss Wit Enjoy Pettiness Dose

As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action. By William Wycherley Hard Council Action Wit Power

I have more zeal than wit. By Alexander Pope Wit Zeal

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit. By Francois De La Rochefoucauld Idiots Wit Lunatics

Wit has as few true judges as painting. By William Wycherley Wit Painting True Judges

Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce. By William Shakespeare Thy Sweeting Sauce Wit Bitter

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny. By Edward Abbey Tyranny Distrust Wit Beginning