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The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Faults, Mark, Wit
"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 377, 1678.
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark.