“Wit lies in the likeness of things that are different, and in the difference of things that are alike.” DifferentLyingDifferencesWitAmusement Author:Madame de Stael
“The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived and composed in their wits, genuine poetry is conceived and composed in the soul.” SoulSchoolDifferencesWitGenuinePoetry IsPope Author:Matthew Arnold
“Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit or talent. The rest of the fraternity is deadwood. Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark.” MenWayDifferencesTalentProductsThousandMen And WomenMarkWitCuriousFiftyToesGood WritersFraternityHuffing Author:Ben Hecht
“Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory.” MenNeedsHumorDifferencesMemoriesOughtWitBitternessVeinsSatirical Book:Works Source: Works
“If a man's wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, splitters of hairs.” IfsMenScienceDifferencesStudyHairWit Book:The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works Source: The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works