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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which read more
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
A person must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.