Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Food Quotes, Wit Quotes

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses....

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses....