Advantage Quote by Michael Leunig

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as…

— Don Herold

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.

— Gautama Buddha

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or…

— Oliver Goldsmith

A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius…

— William Shenstone

“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

“They don't want clever men; clever men have ideas, and ideas cause trouble; they want men who have charm and tact and who can…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

— Isaac Asimov

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.

— George Bernard Shaw

“Man can never eliminate the necessity of using his own intelligence, regardless of how cleverly he tries!”      I”

— Raymond M. Smullyan

It is the delight of vulgar talent to dazzle and to bind the beholder. But true genius seeks to defend us from itself. True…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson