I admire wit, but I have no real liking for it: it has been too often employed against me; whereas humor is always an amusement: it never points an impertinent finger into my defects. (Lines 1-3, Para. 3, Passage 4)

【参考答案】

我羡慕俏皮话，但是我从没真心喜欢过它：因为它总是与我过不去；而幽默却常常是我的盟友：它从不对我的欠缺指手画脚。