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Albert Einstein, Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit, Confucius, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Pascal, Quotes, Sayings, Wit
This means a witty remark is best expressed in a short and brief form.
Brevity means concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
So here are a few witty quotes and sayings;
I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde
God has made man in his own image – man has retaliated.
Pascal
To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.
Jonathan Swift
The real trouble with reality is that there is no background music.
Anonymous
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
Mark Twain
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
Albert Einstein William Bruce Cameron
(as corrected by Fred Faustroll in the comments below)
If we don’t know life, how can we know death?
Confucius
Don’t you just love witty quotes?
I know I do. =)
Fred Faustroll said:
The quote you have attributed Einstein is not his; it is actually from William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (NY: Random House, 1963) 13. It’s a common misattribution.
adrienne said:
Hi Fred,
Apologies for that mistake! Thank you for taking the time to correct me. I have changed it and credited you. 🙂
Adrienne.