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“But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.”

Humans Stills Honest Instinct Wide Wit Volunteer

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward

“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting.”

Honest Wine Meetings Oil Wit Ingredients Acid Merry Good Humor Tarts

Book:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book

Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book

“That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man.”

Men Honest Judgment Wit Tricks Honest Man Lightness Quickness Solidity

Author:King James I

“If, as Marshall McLuhan once taught us, the medium is the message, then Derfner's medium-this lovely, discursive amalgamation of wit and smarts-is indeed his message about how to stay happy, sane, and honest in whatever situation one finds oneself in.”

Ifs Situation Honest Taught Messages Smart Oneself Wit Lovely Mediums Sane Taught Us Amalgamation Stay Happy

Author:Philip Gambone

“It may be remarked in general, that the laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a feint, constrained kind of half-laugh, as such persons are never without some diffidence about them; but that of fools is the most honest, natural, open laugh in the world.”

Men World Kind May Persons Natural Half Laughing Honest Fool Laughter Wit Diffidence

Book:The Guardian, with Notes, and General Indexes: Complete in One Volume

Source: The Guardian, with Notes, and General Indexes: Complete in One Volume

“All my shows are therapy, trying to navigate interesting subjects so I can work them out and to be honest and say some things are beyond the wit of this man.”

Men Trying I Can Shows Interesting Subjects Honest Wit Being Honest Therapy Navigate

Author:Marcus Brigstocke

“The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.”

Greater Honest Stupidity Wit Clarity Sincere Scoundrels

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky