The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user consciously intends to be using it.
Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.