Clever Quote by George Eliot

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.

— Anonymous

Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to…

— Garrison Keillor

Never treat somebody’s cleverness as his life’s smartness. Cleverness is to hide the weakness and the smartness is to project the strength of his…

— Anuj

“Cleverness builds ever more elaborate structures of self-justification.... But in the end you know what is and what is not right. All men do,…

— Mark Lawrence

I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.

— Hugh Laurie

Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

— Laozi

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A person can be utterly foolish and unknowing: as long as he knows the way to adapt, to be flexible, and how to move…

— Robert Walser

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Never assimilate, simulate or co-relate somebody's cleverness with his life's smartness. Cleverness is to hide weakness and smartness is to project strength of his…

— Anuj Somany

“• Identifying, accepting, and learning how to deal with your weaknesses, • Preferring that the people around you be honest with you rather than keep their…

— Ray Dalio

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

— Emil Nolde