Walter Savage Landor Quotes About Wit

Quotes about: Wit

• Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Anger, Heart, Understanding

  Walter Savage Landor (1856). “Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor”, p.242

• True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Fall, Men, Wit

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.186

• Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Witty, Wit

  Walter Savage Landor (1856). “Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor”, p.51

• He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit flickers and expires against the incombustible walls of her sanctuary.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Wall, Flames, Hands

  Walter Savage Landor (2016). “Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Walter Savage Landor (Illustrated)”, Delphi Classics

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