"It's the people who try to be clever……" — Gilbert Parker
"It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be."
More Brainy Quotes
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
- In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
- Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
- Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive… — Saint Basil
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
- If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
- United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
- Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne