Clever Talk Quotes

[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile." "You think my smile is beguiling?

I like witty people, people who can be witty on the spot.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

A country girl can talk her way out of a ticket.

I wish my horse had the speed of your tongue.

I no longer find such pleasure in that preeminently good society, of which I was once so fond. It seems to me that beneath a cloak of clever talk it proscribes all energy, all originality. If you are not a copy, people accuse you of being ill-mannered.