The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have Intelligence to be amused by wit.
—Sir Roger L'Estrange
Showing posts with label wit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wit. Show all posts
Thursday, January 03, 2019
Friday, December 08, 2017
Post #2465
A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.
—H. W. Shaw
—H. W. Shaw
Friday, November 25, 2016
Post #2215
Wit is not levelled so much at the muscles as at the heart; and the latter will sometimes smile when there is not a single wrinkle on the cheek.
—Lord Lyttelton
—Lord Lyttelton
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Post #1964
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so it is of small wits to talk much, and say nothing.
—François de La Rochefoucauld
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Post #1769
A subtle-witted man is like an arrow, which, rending little surface, enters deeply, but they whose minds are dull resemble stones dashing with clumsy force, but never piercing.
—Māgha
Friday, May 31, 2013
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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