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

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Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

by Alexander Pope Found in: History Quotes, Wit Quotes,
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Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]

Do sometimes sink with their own weights.
[Lat., Votre espril en donne aux autres.]

by Catherine The Great Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper read more

Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer:
Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking;
But if thou want it, buy it not too deare
Many affecting wit beyond their power,
Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.

by George Herbert Found in: Injury Quotes, Wit Quotes,
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An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.

by Richard Baxter Found in: Wit Quotes,
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The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.

by Christian Nestell Bovee 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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Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately
it is wanted. Men pay severely who require read more

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

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Wit Quotes,
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Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.

Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.

by Robert Burton Found in: Wit Quotes,
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