Clever Quotes

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Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever. — Steve Crocker
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. — Sun Tzu
The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to… — Jurgen Habermas
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than… — Mark Helprin
Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever - even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often only a bore: all head… — Walter de La Mare
But I am a just man, even to my enemy - and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than I thought them — Wilkie Collins
You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives — Paulo Coelho
It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself — Elizabeth Taylor
Everything will be difficult, if there's no dream — Gregory Skovoroda
I'm suspicious of people who talk about their feelings to the whole world — Salma Hayek
This land is a monopoly of erroneous ideas. — Adriano Celentano
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody — Baron de Montesquieu
Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking — Vasily Klyuchevsky
People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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