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Wits Quotes

Muster your wits; stand in your own defense, or hide your heads like cowards, and fly hence Picture Quote #1

Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits Picture Quote #1

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits Picture Quote #1

He took particular delight in neutralizing those who desperately needed to be neutralized, those overblown, self-important, arrogant half wits who were always running about dictating behavior, morals, and theology to everyone else. And he never looked back Picture Quote #1

For when we rage, advice is often seen by blunting us to make our wits more keen Picture Quote #1

I know so. But, gentle Lady Anne, to leave this keen encounter of our wits and fall something into a slower method - is not the causer of the timeless deaths Of these Plantagenets, henry and Edward, as blameful as the executioner? Picture Quote #1

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Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength Picture Quote #1

As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head Picture Quote #1

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again Picture Quote #1

The ancients had no tenure to protect them and wanted to avoid the prostitution to which those who have to live off their wits are prone Picture Quote #1

But from sharp words and wits men pluck no fruit; and gathering thorns they shake the tree at root; for words divide and rend, but silence is most noble till the end Picture Quote #1

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike Picture Quote #1

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I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any suckling dove; I will roar you an ‘twere any nightingale Picture Quote #1

Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy Picture Quote #1

One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity Picture Quote #1

He who doesn’t lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose Picture Quote #1

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best Picture Quote #1

The time the moon is going back, the blood that is in a person does be weakening, but when the moon is strong, the blood that moves strong in the same way. And it to be at the full, it drags the wits along with it, the same as it drags the tide Picture Quote #1

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Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper Picture Quote #1

No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if you are going to leave the path, you better have your wits about you and know better than to trust the first scary old lady who talks to you in public Picture Quote #1

Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you’re sleepy, go to bed and save the next chapter for tomorrow. For the magician’s story, you must have all your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed Picture Quote #1

Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long Picture Quote #1

Just bring your wits. Sometimes that’s the most effective weapon any of us has Picture Quote #1

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son Picture Quote #1

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The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy any recipe for salvation as long as that formula leaves the responsibility for cooking up salvation firmly in human hands. The world is drowning in religion. But it is scared out of its wits by any mention of the grace that takes the world home gratis Picture Quote #1

For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent in, and proper and indispensable to action, for without it nothing would ever be undertaken. It in no way suppresses the critical sense or clouds the judgment. On the contrary this optimism sharpens the wits, it creates a certain perspective and, at the last moment, lets in a ray of perpendicular light which illuminates all one’s previous calculations, cuts and shuffles them and deals you the card of success, the winning number Picture Quote #1

O love, what strange and wonderful fits: one sole thing, one beauty alone, can give me life and deprive me of wits Picture Quote #1

That’s what cricket’s all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another Picture Quote #1

One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all Picture Quote #1

So have your wits about you, and do what you can and dig in, because it might not last Picture Quote #1

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Muster your wits; stand in your own defense, or hide your heads like cowards, and fly hence (Wits Quotes) Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits make rich the ribs, but backrout quite the wits (Wits Quotes) The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits (Wits Quotes) He took particular delight in neutralizing those who desperately needed to be neutralized, those overblown, self-important, arrogant half wits who were always running about dictating behavior, morals, and theology to everyone else. And he never looked back (Wits Quotes) For when we rage, advice is often seen by blunting us to make our wits more keen (Wits Quotes) I know so. But, gentle Lady Anne, to leave this keen encounter of our wits and fall something into a slower method - is not the causer of the timeless deaths Of these Plantagenets, henry and Edward, as blameful as the executioner? (Wits Quotes) Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength (Wits Quotes) As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head (Wits Quotes) If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again (Wits Quotes) The ancients had no tenure to protect them and wanted to avoid the prostitution to which those who have to live off their wits are prone (Wits Quotes) But from sharp words and wits men pluck no fruit; and gathering thorns they shake the tree at root; for words divide and rend, but silence is most noble till the end (Wits Quotes) For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike (Wits Quotes) I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any suckling dove; I will roar you an ‘twere any nightingale (Wits Quotes) Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy (Wits Quotes) One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity (Wits Quotes) He who doesn’t lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose (Wits Quotes) Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best (Wits Quotes) The time the moon is going back, the blood that is in a person does be weakening, but when the moon is strong, the blood that moves strong in the same way. And it to be at the full, it drags the wits along with it, the same as it drags the tide (Wits Quotes) Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper (Wits Quotes) No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if you are going to leave the path, you better have your wits about you and know better than to trust the first scary old lady who talks to you in public (Wits Quotes) Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you’re sleepy, go to bed and save the next chapter for tomorrow. For the magician’s story, you must have all your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed (Wits Quotes) Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long (Wits Quotes) Just bring your wits. Sometimes that’s the most effective weapon any of us has (Wits Quotes) If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son (Wits Quotes) The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy any recipe for salvation as long as that formula leaves the responsibility for cooking up salvation firmly in human hands. The world is drowning in religion. But it is scared out of its wits by any mention of the grace that takes the world home gratis (Wits Quotes) For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent in, and proper and indispensable to action, for without it nothing would ever be undertaken. It in no way suppresses the critical sense or clouds the judgment. On the contrary this optimism sharpens the wits, it creates a certain perspective and, at the last moment, lets in a ray of perpendicular light which illuminates all one’s previous calculations, cuts and shuffles them and deals you the card of success, the winning number (Wits Quotes) O love, what strange and wonderful fits: one sole thing, one beauty alone, can give me life and deprive me of wits (Wits Quotes) That’s what cricket’s all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another (Wits Quotes) One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all (Wits Quotes) So have your wits about you, and do what you can and dig in, because it might not last (Wits Quotes)

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