You May Also Like / View all maxioms
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30, the wit; at 40, the judgment.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
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.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
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.
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting
of extremes round a corner.
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting
of extremes round a corner.
