"Witty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to be a witty man, though one would scarcely charge you with that. You surmised correctly this morning. It is ...
— Winston of the Prairie • Harold Bindloss
... long; since I promised you the story of my adventures, that I have decided to make good my word today; and, seeing that we have thus fortunately met, not to discuss scientific matters alone, but also to enliven our jolly conversation with witty stories. Fabricius Veiento has already spoken very cleverly on the errors committed in the name of religion, and shown how priests, animated by an hypocritical mania for prophecy, boldly expound mysteries which are too often such to themselves. But) are our rhetoricians tormented by ...
— The Satyricon, Complete • Petronius Arbiter
... family. Come, Laura, it is something to be able, in Paris, to open one's salon and to assemble all the elite of society, presided over by a woman who is refined, polished, imposing as a queen, of illustrious descent, allied to the noblest families, witty, well-informed, and beautiful; there is a power of social domination. To enter into any struggle whatever with a woman in whom so much influence centers is—I tell you this in confidence—an act ...
— Women in the Life of Balzac • Juanita Helm Floyd
... wine were better and plentier around Salem, there would be fewer witches," rejoined Master Raymond; which the other officer considered a very witty remark, judging by the ...
— Dulcibel - A Tale of Old Salem • Henry Peterson
... Russian novel. I think the fellow was a bit touched in the upper story; that is, I did until I heard the compositions of R. Strauss, of Munich. What misfit music for such a joyous name, a name evocative of all that is gay, refined, witty, sparkling, and spontaneous in music! After Mozart give me ...
— Old Fogy - His Musical Opinions and Grotesques • James Huneker
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