Quotes by Wit wit is often its own worst enemy. Maria Edgeworth wit worst-enemy enemy Beauties are always curious about beauties, and wits about wits. Maria Edgeworth wit curious I do not like to employ secretaries that have more wit than myself. I am afraid to make them write all my nonsense. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne nonsense wit writing Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. Mark Twain wit battle persons I value each woman for what she has to offer whether it be charm-beauty-wit-intelligence or humor but warmth is the quality I value most. Marlon Brando wit charm quality What quick wit is found in sudden straits! Martial quick-wit wit found Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. Mary Astell wit distance unhappy The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. Mark Twain wit inspiration tails Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life. Mason Cooley wit whole True wit has a grave intention. Mason Cooley wit graves intention Wit: a whim followed by a wham. Mason Cooley whim wit If folly disappeared, wit would starve. Mason Cooley wit folly ifs Who would not give up wit for power and beauty? Mason Cooley wit giving-up literature It takes a hell of a lot for a man to put up with me. I can be a handful. Michael Jordan wit hell men If brevity is the soul of wit then brevity and levity are the whole of it. Michael R. Burch levity wit soul Wit and humor belong to genius alone. Miguel de Cervantes wit-and-humor wit genius There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven. Michel de Montaigne wit degrees heaven Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds. Miguel de Cervantes wit-and-humor wit mind The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit. Moliere wit he-man men The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu. Moliere touchstones wit «4567891011121314»