Cleverness Quote by François de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image ““It is a great act of cleverness to conceal one's being clever.”” — François de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cleverness
It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness — François De La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
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“Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions.” — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
“People who pass us on the street can’t know that we’re clever and charming unless we look it.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I have, let me confess it in all humility, a pitiful human wish that someone should know just how clever I have been” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
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Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps… — Jesse Bering Copy Share Image
Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that we have to make changes. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
“Neither the Russians nor the Americans were the cleverest people, or the most experienced, in the world that followed 1945. The French were rather… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
Where there is simplicity, there are a hundred Angels, but where there is cleverness - there are none. — Ambrose of Optina Copy Share Image
