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

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Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

by Mark Van Doren Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

by Peggy Noonan Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no read more

Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit;
sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- read more

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.

by Lily Tomlin Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.

Great wits and valours, like great states,
Do sometimes sink with their own weights.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

by William Cowper Found in: Wit Quotes,
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The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

by Edward Abbey Found in: Tyranny Quotes, Wit Quotes,
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any read more

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Wit Quotes,
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