Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ambrose Bierce Quotes: Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
         

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.


Ambrose Bierce
Check all other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ambrose Bierce Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Witticism-A-sharp-and-clever-remark-usually-363374>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ambrose Bierce


Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.



War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.



In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.



Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.



Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.



Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.



NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.



Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.



Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.





Other quotes you may like


Zip zop wop boopity bop.

Zip zop wop boopity bop.



With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.

With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.



Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.

Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.



There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language



I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.

I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations.



I don't trust a man who uses the word evil eighteen times in ten minutes. If you're half evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil.

I don't trust a man who uses the word evil eighteen times in ten minutes. If you're half evil, nothing soothes you more than to think the person you are opposed to is totally evil.



I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again.

I'll sing as long as I can because I enjoy doing that. I enjoy the fans and what I do. I love the traveling and the hotels and just seeing the world over and over again.



No amount of telling is worth doing it once.

No amount of telling is worth doing it once.



Are you feeling lucky? Cause I'm on a roll.

Are you feeling lucky? Cause I'm on a roll.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about philistines, clever, remarks,.