Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Somehow our society has formed a one-sided view of the human personality, and for some reason everyone understood giftedness and talent only as it applied to the intellect. But it is possible not only to be talented in one's thoughts but also to be talented in one's feelings as well.
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
Wit is the lowest form of humor.
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.
To my mind, talent doesn't really exist.
No opposing quotes found.