Clever Quotes

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There is no bore like a clever bore. — Samuel Butler
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. — Samuel Butler
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. — Lord Byron
Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are… — Sholom Aleichem
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. — Julius Caesar
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand… — Tony Campolo
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. — Thomas Carlyle
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. — Muhammad Ali
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. — Johnny Carson
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. — Muhammad Ali
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. — Fred Allen
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come… — Winston Churchill
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. — Winston Churchill
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. — Woody Allen
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Although individuals may be highly intelligent, they are sometimes dogged by skepticism and doubts. They are clever, but they tend to be hesitant and skeptical… — Dalai Lama

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