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Intelligence Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
- The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete…
- The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
- I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too…
- To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
- He is some brainless, beautiful creature, who should always be here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and always here in…
- It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
- Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
- The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s 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