The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

Quote by Christian Nevell Bovee

Topics: Witty Quotes

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Books are embalmed minds.

Books are embalmed minds.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the...

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness;...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared,...

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared,...

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...

To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of...