Clever Man Quotes

40 quotes by 35 authors

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. — Thomas Carlyle
A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha
Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it. — Thomas J. Barratt
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
I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley — Charles Darwin
Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. — R. H. Tawney
Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I donâ€™t like a man… — Anthony Trollope
Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young… — John Ruskin
No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man. — Israel Zangwill
Christmas in Bethlehem. The earliest dream: a cold, clear night made bright by a magnificent star, the smell of anger, marshals and clever men falling… — Lucinda Franks
A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different. — John Buchan
A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. . . . I… — Robertson Davies
When you're out in the desert, you can't believe the amount of stars. Are you busy as a bee? Do not even have time for… — Eddie Vedder
I really like clever men who challenge you. — E. L. James
The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle… — John Keegan
Now Einstein was a very clever man, with us all his philosophies he shared, He gave us the theory of relativity, which is E equals… — Richard Digance
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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