William Shakespeare Quotes about Wit
William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1992). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.178, Cambridge University Press
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.165
William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.163, Cengage Learning EMEA
If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt.
Samuel Ayscough, William Shakespeare (1827). “An index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare”, p.109
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1372, Oxford University Press
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 5, l. [48]
'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 3, sc. 5, l. [36]
'As You Like It' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. [60]
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [201]
thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.
William Shakespeare (2012). “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, p.49, Hackett Publishing
William Shakespeare, H. R. Woudhuysen (1998). “Love's Labour's Lost: Third Series”, p.241, Cengage Learning EMEA