Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. Noel Coward
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.WitQuotations by Noel Coward
Month: November 2008
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.WitQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. Lord Chesterfield
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.WitQuotations by Lord Chesterfield
The banalities of a great man pass for wit. Alexander Chase
The banalities of a great man pass for wit.WitQuotations by Alexander Chase
Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. Ambrose Bierce
Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.WitQuotations by Ambrose Bierce
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. Aristotle
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.WitQuotations by Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.WitQuotations by Aristotle
Wishing of all strategies, is the worst. Andrew Young
Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.Wish and WishingQuotations by Andrew Young
Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be. Source Unknown
Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.Wish and WishingQuotations by Source Unknown
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. Source Unknown
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.Wish and WishingQuotations by Source Unknown
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. Jean Toomer
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.Wish and WishingQuotations by Jean Toomer
The wishing gate opens into nothing. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
The wishing gate opens into nothing.Wish and WishingQuotations by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
My only wish is that my wishes be at rest. Ruckett
My only wish is that my wishes be at rest.Wish and WishingQuotations by Ruckett
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. Proverb
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.Wish and WishingQuotations by Proverb
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. Cardinal J. Newman
Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.Wish and WishingQuotations by Cardinal J. Newman
If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride. Doug Horton
If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride.Wish and WishingQuotations by Doug Horton
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.Wish and WishingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von …
Industry need not wish. Benjamin Franklin
Industry need not wish.Wish and WishingQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.Wish and WishingQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.Wish and WishingQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
DATO’S LAW. Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification. Robert Dato
DATO’S LAW. Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification.Wish and WishingQuotations by Robert Dato
To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better. Claudius
To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.Wish and WishingQuotations by Claudius
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. Jean De La Bruyere
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought.Wish and WishingQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. Phillips Brooks
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.Wish and WishingQuotations by Phillips Brooks
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted. Aesop
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.Wish and WishingQuotations by Aesop
If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it. Zenrin
If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it.WisdomQuotations by Zenrin
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you’ll find many of them are unwise. Andrew Young
Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you’ll find many of them are unwise.WisdomQuotations by Andrew Young
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Ziggy
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.WisdomQuotations by Ziggy
Wisdom begins at the end. Daniel Webster
Wisdom begins at the end.WisdomQuotations by Daniel Webster
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. Publilius Syrus
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.WisdomQuotations by Publilius Syrus
The greatest wisdom is to realize one’s lack of it Konstantin Stanislavisky
The greatest wisdom is to realize one’s lack of itWisdomQuotations by Konstantin Stanislavisky
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.WisdomQuotations by Sophocles
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. Socrates
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.WisdomQuotations by Socrates
Some men are wise, and some are otherwise. Tobias G. Smollett
Some men are wise, and some are otherwise.WisdomQuotations by Tobias G. Smollett
So wise so young, they say, do never live long. William Shakespeare
So wise so young, they say, do never live long.WisdomQuotations by William Shakespeare
To be wise and love exceeds man’s might. William Shakespeare
To be wise and love exceeds man’s might.WisdomQuotations by William Shakespeare
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.WisdomQuotations by Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.WisdomQuotations by George Santayana
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use. Antoine De Saint-Exupery
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.WisdomQuotations by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.WisdomQuotations by Bertrand Russell