Clever Quote by Confucius

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

— Thomas Carlyle

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

— Michel de Montaigne

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

— Albert Einstein

It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

— Anonymous

Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

— Blaise Pascal

A man is always better than he thinks.

— Woody Hayes

A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld