Luc de Clapiers Quotes About Wit

Quotes about: Wit

• It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Quick Wit, Perfection, Speed

• It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Perfection, Use, Clock

  Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

• The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Character, Reason, Wit

• Wit does not take the place of knowledge.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Doe, Wit

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