Wit Quotes


As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers. Plato Wit 368
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Oscar Wilde Wit 179
Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare wit 163
The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork. Oscar Wilde Wit 151
Brevity is the soul of lingerie. Dorothy Parker Wit 131
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. William Hazlitt Wit 113
Ask me no questions and Ill tell you no lies. Oliver Goldsmith Wit 92
There are those who scoff at the schoolboy calling him frivolous and shallow Yet it was the schoolboy who said Faith is believing what you know aint so. Mark Twain Wit 91
Impropriety is the soul of wit. Somerset Maugham Wit 90
They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. Theyve obviously never met me. Derek Landy Wit 87
He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic rebel a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and took him In From the poem Outwitted Edwin Markham Wit 86
A wit must stain himself with perspiration to become dry. When enough suits are ruined he will be a tsunami of sand. Bauvard Wit 83
When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, It is done. People did not like it here. Kurt Vonnegut Wit 80
If Christ were here there is one thing he would not bea Christian. Mark Twain Wit 80
He had had much experience of physicians and said the only way to keep your health is to eat what you dont want drink what you dont like and do what youd druther not. Mark Twain Wit 79
A melancholylooking man he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in lifes gaspipe with a lighted candle. P.G. Wodehouse Wit 78
Wit has a deadly aim and it is possible to prick a large pretense with a small pin. Marya Mannes Wit 78
He that would pun would pink a pocket. Alexander Pope Wit 77
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. G.K. Chesterton Wit 69
Wit beyond measure is a mans greatest treasure. J.K. Rowling Wit 67
If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. Lord Chesterfield Wit 66
Men are not nearly as evolved as women are nor as intelligent evidently Sarah MacLean Wit 65
On some days you get what you want and on others you get what you need. Hunter S. Thompson Wit 58
Life is not easy. We all have problemseven tragediesto deal with and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who dont have the wit to deal with the problems of life. Joan Lowery Nixon Wit 54
Patience grasshopper said Maia. Good things come to those who wait. I always thought that was Good things come to those who do the wave said Simon. No wonder Ive been so confused all my life. Cassandra Clare Wit 54
If they can get you asking the wrong questions they dont have to worry about answers. Thomas Pynchon Wit 54
You cant teach an old dogma new tricks. Dorothy Parker Wit 51
You sounded like Dolly parton on helium. After kristy lee cook of season 7 on american idolsang her country rendition of the BeatlesEight Days A Week. Simon Cowell Wit 50
Theres a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. Dorothy Parker Wit 49
On Oscar Wilde If with the literate I am Impelled to try an epigram I never seek to take the credit We all assume that Oscar said it. Dorothy Parker Wit 49
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I dont know the answer Douglas Adams Wit 42
Let me be clear. Last I was aware you were neither my husband nor my father nor my King. Therefore any control you may imagine you hold over me is just that imaginary Sarah MacLean Wit 36
The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show. William Shakespeare Wit 32

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