--- title: "6 Humanity Cleverness Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 6 Humanity Cleverness quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Humanity Cleverness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/howard-jacobson-1484_cleverness_they-didn-t-think-he-was-simple-minded-i_1017114.jpg" --- > [“They didn't think he was simple-minded. If anything they thought him a little too clever. But there are times in the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-jacobson/they-didn-t-think-he-was-simple-minded-if-anything-they-thought-him-a/) [Howard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-jacobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/howard-jacobson-1484_cleverness_they-didn-t-think-he-was-simple-minded-i_1017114.jpg) > [“But there are times in the history of humanity when cleverness might as well be simplicity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-there-are-times-in-the-history-of-humanity-when-cleverness-might/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/anonymous-1_history_but-there-are-times-in-the-history-of-hu_1057972.jpg) > [...The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/the-way-of-life-can-be-free-and-beautiful-but-we-have-lost-the-way-2/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/charlie-chaplin-1779_abundance_the-way-of-life-can-be-free-and-beautifu_1701524.jpg) > [Machinery that gives us abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/machinery-that-gives-us-abundance-has-left-us-in-want-our-knowledge/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/charlie-chaplin-1779_gentleness_machinery-that-gives-us-abundance-has-le_2325154.jpg) > [We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/we-think-too-much-and-feel-too-little-more-than-machinery-we-need/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/charlie-chaplin-1779_business_we-think-too-much-and-feel-too-little-mo_2764174.jpg) > [“We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others' happiness, not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-chaplin/we-all-want-to-help-one-another-human-beings-are-like-that-we-want-to-2/) [Charlie Chaplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-chaplin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/charlie-chaplin-1779_human-beings_we-all-want-to-help-one-another-human-be_2860497.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanity-cleverness/#itemlist", "name": "Humanity Cleverness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They didn't think he was simple-minded. If anything they thought him a little too clever. 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