Wit Quotes

The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.

I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley

Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root.

Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty.

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

Your wit makes others witty.

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.

I go through stages. Randomly, I'll be attracted to a crazy rocker with tattoos. And I find that I'm extremely attracted to ambition and wit.

Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality

An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

What quick wit is found in sudden straits!

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.

On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

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.

Wit and puns aren't just décor in the mind; they're essential signs that the mind knows it's on, recognizes its own software, can spot the bugs in its own program.

But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.

The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

I have more zeal than wit.

There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.

Wit and judgment often are at strife.

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.

And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears- the wind howls. Why must you mimic them?

Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.

Ohhh, I'm in luv, I'm in luv I'm in luv, I'm in luv wit chu And there ain't nothin nobody can say cuz You're the one for me baby

There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.

The key to spontaneous wit is an unburdened mind.

The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.

It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom?

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

My wit is more polished than your mustache. The truth which I speak strikes more sparks from men's hearts than your spurs do from the cobblestones.

Some wits, too, like oracles, deal in ambiguities, but not with equal success; for though ambiguities are the first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit.

The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.

Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

The wit of men compared to that of women is like rouge compared to the rose.

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.

Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

I don't read reviews about myself with any special eagerness or attention unless they are masterpieces of wit and acumen, and I never reread them.

Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer.

To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.