Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old wit quotes, wit sayings, and wit proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.Friedrich Nietzsche
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Wit malignantly employed is like a crackling fire that with every fresh blaze sends out sparks. Take care that you are not burnt.John Thornton
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.Victor Borge
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The real wit tells jokes to make others feel superior, while the half-wit tells them to make others feel small.Elmer Wheeler
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The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.Albert Einstein
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As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.Plato
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner.Leigh Hunt
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When the age is in, the wit is outWilliam Shakespeare
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.Mark Twain
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Wit is the lowest form of humor.Alexander Pope
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.Doug Larson
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Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.Mark Van Doren
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Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that have not wit enough, to be honest.Benjamin Franklin
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One wit like a knuckle ham in the soup gives a zest and flavor to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.Tobias George Smollett
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Your wit's too hot, it speeds too fast, 'twill tire.William Shakespeare
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You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come; / knock as you please, there's nobody at home.Alexander Pope
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run, will certainly have the laugh on her side.Jane Austen
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There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a god wit and encourage a will to learn, as is praise.Roger Ascham
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If you have wit and learning, add it to wisdom and modesty.American Proverb
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Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet.Scottish Proverb
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Mother wit is better than book educationAmerican Proverb
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Use your wit as a shield, not as a sword.American Proverb
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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.American Proverb
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Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.American Proverb
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Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.Van Wyck Brooks
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As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers.Plato
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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
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Wit has a deadly aim and it is possible to prick a large pretense with a small pin.Marya Mannes