Intelligence Quotes

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It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven. — Joseph Joubert
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. — Nicolas Chamfort
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. — Heraclitus
Wise men are not wise at all times. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The scholar is early acquainted with every department of the impossible. — John Ruskin
It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness. — Winston Churchill
There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep. — W. Somerset Maugham
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a festival only to the wise. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself. — Julius Charles Hare
The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control… — Epicurus
The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be. — Baltasar Gracian
Intelligence is characterized by a natural incomprehension of life. — Henri Bergson
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go… — Seneca the Younger
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. — Hal Borland
The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man. — Aristotle
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis. — Benjamin Disraeli

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