Alternatives Quote by Cyril Connolly

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.

— Gautama Buddha

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should…

— Confucius

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary…

— Han Fei

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

— Benjamin Franklin

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust ... is in reality expressing the highest respect for law ... We…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One who has not only the four Ss, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet. as for example¦ Agreeable,…

— Miguel De Cervantes

Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education…

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Blaise Pascal

Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.

— Thomas Mann

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself.…

— Marcus Aurelius