Wit Quotations | Page 4

a giant, a great, great soul, with all of the humanity, all of the wit and humor, all the wisdom, the spirituality, the common sense of a man and compassion for people.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.

A modern Wit is one of David's Fools.

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit

Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.

For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.

Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.

True wit never made us laugh.

The finest wits have their sediment.

Of all wit's uses, the main one is to live well with who has none.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.

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

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator.

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.