Clever Quote by Thomas Mann

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.

— Thomas Mann

A stupid man behaves stupidly, not because he wants to, or tries to, or is motivated to, but simply because he is what he…

— Abraham Maslow

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the…

— Steven Brust

Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source…

— Christoph Martin Wieland

Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.

— Remy de Gourmont

“He was a man of most subtle and refined intellect. A man of culture, charm, and distinction. One of the most intellectual men I…

— Oscar Wilde

A human has to be that smart, to know how stupid he needs to be.

— Ruben Papian

How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses is much stupider than what remains inside him?

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

— Gautama Buddha

Geniuses are horrid, intolerant, easily offended, sleeplessly self-conscious men, who expect their wives to be angels with no further business in life than to…

— George Bernard Shaw

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...

— Terry Pratchett

In a stupid society, a clever man can come into the power; but in a clever society no stupid can come into the power!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan