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Wits Quotes

Who said it first? We don’t know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both... The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper Picture Quote #1

It is perhaps life’s greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one’s wits, one’s sense of humor, one’s health, and one’s charm Picture Quote #1

Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might send an insane person back to sanity Picture Quote #1

Things are bound to begin happening if you’ve got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents Picture Quote #1

In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel of wits brings a great feeling of triumph Picture Quote #1

I get up each morning, gather my wits, pick up the paper and read the obits. If I’m not there, I know I’m not dead, so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed Picture Quote #1

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Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them Picture Quote #1

Is it really beyond our wits to devise some form of censorship which would trap only the crudely sadistic? Picture Quote #1

It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own Picture Quote #1

A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter Picture Quote #1

There’s something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it’s a grandiose form of funk Picture Quote #1

Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge Picture Quote #1

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Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody’s way and plentiful in all countries Picture Quote #1

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us Picture Quote #1

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking Picture Quote #1

Would you mind repeating that? I’m afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I’ve longed to hear Picture Quote #1

I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored Picture Quote #1

To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you’re frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane Picture Quote #1

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A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble Picture Quote #1

Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth Picture Quote #1

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke Picture Quote #1

No I don’t miss fighting, I still got my wits about me and there are a lot of people who do it and get beat up, and I don’t want to be one of them, I have children to raise Picture Quote #1

Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player Picture Quote #1

States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past Picture Quote #1

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All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon Picture Quote #1

Ancient histories, as one of our wits has said, are but fables that have been agreed upon Picture Quote #1

There is more jealousy between rival wits than rival beauties, for vanity has no sex. But in both cases there must be pretensions, or there will be no jealousy Picture Quote #1

The images of men’s wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the worry of time and capable of perpetual renovation Picture Quote #1

I’ll have no more beggars. Fools shall have wealth, and the learned shall live by his wits. I’ll have no more bankrupts Picture Quote #1

It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge Picture Quote #1

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Who said it first? We don’t know, but very often we find the same ideas attributed to two different people. All we can do is give you both... The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper (Wits Quotes) It is perhaps life’s greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one’s wits, one’s sense of humor, one’s health, and one’s charm (Wits Quotes) Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might send an insane person back to sanity (Wits Quotes) Things are bound to begin happening if you’ve got your wits about you. You create the lucky accidents (Wits Quotes) In matching your wits against yourself you take on the shrewdest and wiliest antagonist you can have, and consequently a victorious outcome in this duel of wits brings a great feeling of triumph (Wits Quotes) I get up each morning, gather my wits, pick up the paper and read the obits. If I’m not there, I know I’m not dead, so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed (Wits Quotes) Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them (Wits Quotes) Is it really beyond our wits to devise some form of censorship which would trap only the crudely sadistic? (Wits Quotes) It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own (Wits Quotes) A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter (Wits Quotes) There’s something so showy about desperation, it takes hard wits to see it’s a grandiose form of funk (Wits Quotes) Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge (Wits Quotes) Impertinent wits are a kind of insect which are in everybody’s way and plentiful in all countries (Wits Quotes) No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us (Wits Quotes) We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking (Wits Quotes) Would you mind repeating that? I’m afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I’ve longed to hear (Wits Quotes) I am madness maddened when it comes to books, writers, and the great granary silos where their wits are stored (Wits Quotes) To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you’re frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane (Wits Quotes) A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble (Wits Quotes) Happy the country that lives on nothing but its wits; cursed be the one that thinks it can get rich by planting or digging or drilling for wealth (Wits Quotes) A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke (Wits Quotes) No I don’t miss fighting, I still got my wits about me and there are a lot of people who do it and get beat up, and I don’t want to be one of them, I have children to raise (Wits Quotes) Being able to pit your wits against literally hundreds of other people is really exciting and ultimately the biggest single challenge for a poker player (Wits Quotes) States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past (Wits Quotes) All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon (Wits Quotes) Ancient histories, as one of our wits has said, are but fables that have been agreed upon (Wits Quotes) There is more jealousy between rival wits than rival beauties, for vanity has no sex. But in both cases there must be pretensions, or there will be no jealousy (Wits Quotes) The images of men’s wits and knowledge remain in books, exempted from the worry of time and capable of perpetual renovation (Wits Quotes) I’ll have no more beggars. Fools shall have wealth, and the learned shall live by his wits. I’ll have no more bankrupts (Wits Quotes) It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge (Wits Quotes)

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