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Intelligence Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs,…
- Among these widely differing families of men, the first that attracts attention, the superior in intelligence, in power, and in enjoyment, is the white, or…
- I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its…
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange
- People are smarter than you might think. — John Astin
- If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids that. There's… — Margaret Atwood
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo