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Intelligence Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he…
- To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author.
- If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father.
- If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
- A man must be completely wanting in intelligence if he does not show it when actuated by love, malice, or necessity.
- Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence.
- A preacher must have some intelligence to charm the people by his florid style, by his exhilarating system of morality, by the repetition of his…
- Banter is often a proof of want of intelligence.
More Intelligence Quotes
- 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