Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes About Wit

• The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Clever, Stupid, Men

• Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  People, Wit, Wells

  "Fool’s Talk - The Kinship of Wit and Wisdom" by Kevin Belmonte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2015.

• But pure wit is akin to Puritanism; to the perfect and painful consciousness of the final fact in the universe. Very briefly, the man who sees the consistency in things is a wit - and a Calvinist. The man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist - and a Catholic.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Perfect, Catholic

• It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul. Do not fancy you can be a detached wit and avoid being a buffoon; you cannot. If you are the Court Jester you must be the Court Fool.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Laughing, Soul, Fancy

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