Clever Quote by L.M. Montgomery

“I have considered myself cleverer than any of the people surrounding me, and sometimes, would you belive it, have been positively ashamed of it.…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“It is a great act of cleverness to conceal one's being clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“One begins to distrust very clever persons when they become embarrassed.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an…

— Oscar Wilde

“If you want to be a clever person, you have to learn how to ask cleverly, how to listen attentively, how to respond quietly,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.”

— Idries Shah

“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”

— Sally Rooney

“We think we’re so clever. And yet we’re always surprised to find ourselves entrapped or made fools of.”

— Julie Anne Long

“Thinking of something to say is difficult when you want to be perceived as clever!”

— Lorraine Reguly

“Clever people are entertaining and stupid ones give me such a pleasant sense of superiority.”

— Gwen Bristow

“People who pass us on the street can’t know that we’re clever and charming unless we look it.”

— Susan Cain

“Think of something clever, witty or profound, keep it short and people may quote you.”

— Bobby Darnell