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Vulgarity is no substitute for wit. by Julian Fellowes

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

Julian Fellowes
vulgarity-is wit substitutes
Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius. by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlege...

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
wit genius spirit

Economists and technologists bring the "bits", but it requires the social scientists and humanists to bring the "wits.

Kenneth E. Boulding
wit scientist social
Many live by their wits but few by their wit. by Laurence J. Peter

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

Laurence J. Peter
wit live-by
Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting... by Leigh Hunt

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

Leigh Hunt
wit clash meetings
I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone. by LeBron James

I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.

LeBron James
insult wit
Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're... by Leo Tolstoy

Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.

Leo Tolstoy
wit clothes meetings
No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied... by Leo Tolstoy

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit

Leo Tolstoy
wit position satisfied

to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon
new-shoes wit people

Things are bound to begin happening if you've got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents.

Lewis Thomas
accidents wit lucky
Styles in wit change so. by Lillian Hellman

Styles in wit change so.

Lillian Hellman
wit style
Wit is the flower of the imagination. by Livy

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

Livy
wit flower imagination
A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the lea... by Lord Chesterfield

A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.

Lord Chesterfield
buffoons related wit
Wit does not take the place of knowledge. by Luc de Clapiers

Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

Luc de Clapiers
wit doe
The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only up... by Luc de Clapiers

The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.

Luc de Clapiers
wit reason character

For the thinker the world is a thought; for the wit, an image; for the enthusiast, a dream; for the inquirer, truth.

Ludwig Buchner
wit dream world
Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of w... by Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Freedom, where are you? Who holds you back? [...] The mother of wit and pleasure, Oh freedom!

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
wit pleasure mother
Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit. by Margaret Cavendish

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

Margaret Cavendish
wit tombs graves
Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was ac... by Margaret Cavendish

Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

Margaret Cavendish
wit idiot years
Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
live-in-the-present wit genius
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