Girl Quote by Mary Lascelles

“I hate to be what is called a clever girl--there are too many of that sort now!”

— Thomas Hardy

“We liked to be known as the clever girls.”

— Malala Yousafzai

“A clever woman succeeds in concealing her jealousy. Otherwise we men always feel so sure of ourselves...”

— Kerstin Gier

“The girl is an accident waiting to happen: vulnerable, impressionable, and foolish as the day is long.”

— Tessa Dawn

“The true genius of a Woman is her subtle flair in creating the illusion that you are the smart one”

— Josh Stern

“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Idries Shah

“Your wit is an education for me, Miss Boyce. I’d not realized that cleverness could coincide with such feminine graces.”

— Meredith Duran

“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will…

— Samuel Butler

“A good looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fail of attracting a clever young man.”

— Jane Austen

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

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters.”

— P.D. James