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Intelligence Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
- Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
- Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
- Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.
- Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
- The test of every religious, political, or educational system, is the man which it forms. If a system injures the intelligence it is bad. If…
- To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.
More Intelligence Quotes
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- People are smarter than you might think. — John Astin
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
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- It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than… — Dick Cheney