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    They say that the more a person learns, the more they find there is to learn. Therefore the smarter you think you are, the dumber you really are.

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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
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In short, intelligence, considered in what seems to be its
original feature, is the faculty of manufacturing artificial
objects, especially tools to make tools, and of indefinitely
urging the manufacture.

by Henri Louis Bergson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide

by Napoleon Bonaparte Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no read more

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, read more

The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the
mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into
every individual.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are read more

A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The
fragments of an intellect are always good.

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The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.

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Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

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The march of intellect.

The march of intellect.

by Robert Southey Found in: Intellect Quotes,
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