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Quotes about Wit

7 quotes about wit, from Alexander Pope, Ambrose Bierce, Voltaire and others.

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Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

Wit is educated insolence.

A witty saying proves nothing.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

Most quoted on wit

Alexander Pope1
Ambrose Bierce1
Voltaire1
Aristotle1
W. Somerset Maugham1
Max Eastman1

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

W. Somerset Maugham

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

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Perspective 290 quotes
Intellect 21 quotes
Saying 1 quotes
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Impropriety 1 quotes
Maturity 24 quotes

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