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I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I awoke intellectually to… — Mary Augusta Ward
If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it… — Elizabeth Wordsworth
Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be considerate in every… — Grenville Kleiser
I am so stupid that I cannot understand philosophy; the antithesis of this is that philosophy is so clever that it cannot comprehend my stupidity.… — Soren Kierkegaard
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good. — Maggie Tabberer
Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for… — Miles Franklin
That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down — Eva Longoria
Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. — Camille Paglia
When men drink, then they are rich and successful and win lawsuits and are happy and help their friends. Quickly, bring me a beaker of… — Aristophanes
Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised. — Gautama Buddha
In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous. — Jane Grigson
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives — William C. Dement
Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Take care that no one hates you justly. — Publilius Syrus
Somewhere along the line you have to trust someone. You've just got to be clever enough to pick someone who's smart and wholesome and worthy-and… — David Joyner
Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. — Douglas Gwyn
Because one species is more clever than another, does it give it the right to imprison or torture the less clever species? Does one exceptionally… — Richard D. Ryder
The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We're constantly being bombarded by insulting and humiliating music, which people are making for you the way they make those Wonder Bread products. Just as… — Bob Dylan
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it. — Unknown Author
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work. — Seth Godin

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