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ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of… — Douglas Adams
But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight. — Catherynne M. Valente
Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it - the Dutchess — Lewis Carroll
The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant… — Scott Westerfeld
I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about! — Eliezer Yudkowsky
This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful! — Friedrich Nietzsche
When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three I was hardly me. When… — A A Milne
Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams — James M. Barrie
He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life. — T.H. White
When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman. — Philippa Gregory
Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man who has always… — Jojo Moyes
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness.… — Leo Tolstoy
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It… — Brandon Sanderson
The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop — Ben Aaronovitch
A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch. — Mark Twain
Pooh hasn't much Brain, but he never comes to any harm. He does silly things and they turn out right. There's Owl. Owl hasn't exactly… — A A Milne
It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That we take ourselves… — Pema Chodron
Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? — Jane Goodall
The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they claimed it was… — George R. R. Martin
When it turned out that he could, Karou dropped to her knees to genuflect. "Gods of math and physics," she intoned, "I accept your gift… — Laini Taylor
There's this thing, they have in french: L'espirit d'escalier. The spirit of the stairway. I don't think we have a word for it in English.… — Neil Gaiman
A father may have a child who is ugly and lacking in all the graces, and the love he feels for him puts a blindfold… — Miguel de Cervantes
Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled me from the… — Richelle Mead
Look for the answer inside your question. — Unknown Author

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