Wit And Wisdom Quotes
Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.
John Selden, Richard Milward (1689). “Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden”, p.151
An epigram is the marriage of wit and wisdom; a wisecrack, their divorce.
Evan Esar (1978). “The Comic Encyclopedia: A Library of the Literature and History of Humor Containing Thousands of Gags, Sayings, and Stories”, Doubleday Books
