"A man may have intelligence enough to excel……" — Jean de la Bruyere

"A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he ought to be silent on some other subject of which he has but a slight knowledge; if such an illustrious man ventures beyond the bounds of his capacity, he loses his way and talks like a fool."

— Jean de la Bruyere

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