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His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
His wit invites you by his looks to come,
But when you knock, it never is at home.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
Brevity is the body and soul of wit.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.
Aristotle said , , , melancholy men of all others are most witty.
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch read more
It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other.
[Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen
recontre erkennen.]