Quotes by Wit Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Francois de La Rochefoucauld wit fool sometimes When a doubt is once received, men labour rather how to keep it a doubt still, than how to solve it; and accordingly bend their wits. Francis Bacon wit doubt men The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Francois de La Rochefoucauld wit mark faults Profundity easily turns into dullness and astuteness deteriorates into wit. Be guided by natural common sense and it will accommodate great and small. Franz Grillparzer wit common-sense natural Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity. Francois de La Rochefoucauld impunity wit sometimes Wit catches of wit, as fire of fire. Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke wit fire Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Geoffrey Chaucer drunkenness wit men I hold a mouses wit not worth a leke, That hath but on hole for to sterten to. Geoffrey Chaucer wit holes He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. George D. Prentice composure wit firsts He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence. Friedrich Nietzsche wit spirit The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile. Friedrich Nietzsche wittiest evoke wit Perfect simplicity is unconsciously audacious. George Meredith wit simplicity perfect Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out. George Herbert wit drink The well of true wit is truth itself. George Meredith wit wells thinking Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour. George Herbert wit hours fool The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers. George Eliot wit stranger True wit is everlasting, like the sun; describing all men, but described by none. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham wit sun men The wit of men compared to that of women is like rouge compared to the rose. Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix wit rose men Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. Gerry Mulligan mulligans wit melody The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots. George Eliot wit idiot cute «1234567891011»