Ride Wit

Famous quotes containing the words ride and/or wit:

    “Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes,
    Misprizing what they look on, and her wit
    Values itself so highly that to her
    All matter else seems weak.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “It is commonly said ... that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny it. A truth learned in a certain light, and attacked in certain words, by men of wit and humour, may, and often doth, become ridiculous, at least so far, that the truth is only remembered and repeated for the sake of the ridicule.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)