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A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire read more
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness read more
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that read more
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness
It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
Clever men are good, but they are not the best.