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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Michel de Montaigne

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

Elizabeth Montagu

The well of true wit is truth itself.

George Meredith

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.