Lord Chesterfield Quotes About Wit

Quotes about: Wit

• Women's beauty, like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Beauty, Men, Owners

• A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Share, Endure

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.345, Oxford Paperbacks

• A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Wise, Men, Advice

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.346, Oxford University Press

• It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny it. A truth learned in a certain light, and attacked in certain words, by men of wit and humor, may, and often doth, become ridiculous, at least so far, that the truth is only remembered and repeated for the sake of the ridicule.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, Light, May

  Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.440

• Remember that the wit, humour, and jokes of most mixed companies are local. They thrive in that particular soil, but will not often bear transplanting.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Funny, Humor, Soil

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.109, Oxford University Press

• Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Fashion, Laughter, Silly

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.145, OUP Oxford

• I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Holiday, Men, Littles

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.285, Oxford University Press

• If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Hurt, Humor, Shining

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.93, Oxford University Press

• A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Wit, Related, Buffoons

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.141, Oxford University Press

• It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Laughter, Men, Shining

• Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Men, People, Shining

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.345, Oxford Paperbacks

• A wise man will live as much within his wit as his income.... Bear this truth always in your mind, that you may be admired for your wit, if you have any; but that nothing but good sense and good qualities can make you be loved.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Wise, Men, Mind

• I always put these pert jackanapeses out of countenance by looking extremely grave when they expect that I should laugh at their pleasantries; and by saying Well, and so?--as if they had not done, and that the sting were still to come. This disconcerts them, as they have no resources in themselves, and have but one set of jokes to live upon.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Laughing, Done, Resources

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