“For conversation well endued;
She calls it witty to be rude;
And, placing raillery in railing,
Will tell aloud your greatest failing.”

The Furniture of a Woman's Mind (1727)

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Jonathan Swift141

Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667–1745

William Powell (author) book The Anarchist Cookbook

Introductory words by P. M. Bergman.
The Anarchist Cookbook (1971)

“If your memory serves you well, I remember you're the one who called out me to call out them to get your business done.
And after every plan has failed, and there was nothing left to tell, well you knew that we shall meet again if your memory serves you well.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Song lyrics, The Basement Tapes (1975), This Wheel's on Fire (recorded in 1967)

“Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am — my friends get round me — we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories — and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I’ve been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.”

Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows

Toad, Ch. 11, "Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears"
The Wind in the Willows (1908)

“Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation.”

Grant Morrison Sebastian O

Source: Sebastian O

“Had she thought there was no meaning in life, no purpose, when God had gone? Yes, she had thought that.
“Well, there is now,” she said aloud, and again, louder: “There is now!””

Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy

Mary in Ch. 34 : There is Now
His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass (2000)

“You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

"The Poet With His Face in His Hands"
New and Selected Poems, Volume 2 (2005)

“Unmoved though Witlings sneer and Rivals rail,
Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

The Tragedy of Irene (1749), Prologue
Context: Unmoved though Witlings sneer and Rivals rail,
Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.
He scorns the meek address, the suppliant strain.
With merit needless, and without it vain.
In Reason, Nature, Truth, he dares to trust:
Ye Fops, be silent: and ye Wits, be just.