Clever Quotes

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There are no accidents so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon. — George Eliot
The surest aid in combating the male's disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a clever woman. — Friedrich Nietzsche
One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed. — Friedrich Nietzsche
An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues! In saying all… — Leigh Hunt
Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. — Gore Vidal
Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature. — Henry Moore
How clever of me. I have found such a pathway into hell that I can never get back out. — Orson Scott Card
I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered… — Jean Cocteau
My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever. — Jeff Bezos
Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne? — Stephen Sondheim
Russia, Russia-unwashed, backward, appealing Russia, so ashamed of your own backwardness, so orientally determined to conceal it from us by clever deceit. — George F. Kennan
The White House is not being very clever in how it takes on our plan, .. In fact the White House is being sloppy. They… — Bob Dole
It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck. — Jim Fixx
People of all ages, including children, have been exposed to clever and eye-catching advertising material, .. All that will now change. Tobacco advertising is going… — Frank Dobson
I have never been clever enough - or egotistical enough to spend 300 pages dipping into the sludge of my own subconscious. — Winston Graham
You want to make an impression. Being clever helps. — Leonard Maltin
So much interviewing these days is about the presenter - I?m a clever boy, I?m going to be smart with people; or it?s a trivial… — Michael Parkinson
If you give the audience what they expect, they'll be bored. There are no rules: You do what you want while respecting the boundaries. You… — Matthew Vaughn
If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out of… — Viviane Reding
If a story is funny, and I made it up, then the big message is, `Aren't I clever?' .. If a story is funny and… — Dave Gorman
All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us — Luc de Clapiers
What are the hallmarks of a competent writer of fiction? The first, it seems to me, is that he should be immensely interested in human… — H. L. Mencken
There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind of… — Mark Lawrence

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