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  • 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.

    Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Guardian, with Notes, and General Indexes: Complete in One Volume”, p.43