Wit

Famous quotes containing the word wit:

“A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as t’other of beauty.”
—William Congreve (1670–1729)

“Madame, withouten many wordes,
Ons I ame sure ye will or no;
And if ye will, then leve your bordes,
And use your wit and shew it so.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

“A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as t’other of beauty.”
—William Congreve (1670–1729)