#witty

Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise. ↗

— John Webster

#found #lust #never #oft #she

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#done #force #funny #gone #hadn

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#believe #eloquent #hardly #learned #many

A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? ” Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged. ↗

— Josh Lanyon

#funny #witty #funny

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#any #features #force #handsome #help

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power. ↗

— George Meredith

#power #treasure #witty #woman

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#dull #keeps #makes #men #poor

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked. ↗

— David Bailey

#cared #fashion #i #liked #little

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#courteous #generous #large #liberal #man

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#little #possibility #without #witty