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Clever Man Quotes

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything. Napoleon Bonaparte
Fannie Hurst quote: "It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be..."
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst
You're not racing?" joked the officer."Mine is a harder race," Alexei Alexandrovich replied respectfully. And though the reply did not mean anything, the officer pretended that he had heard a clever phrase from a clever man and had perfectly understood. Leo Tolstoy
Rudyard Kipling quote: "The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a..."
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling
I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect. I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . . A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can't... Anthony Trollope
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. Bertrand Russell
The reason why I consider myself a clever man is simply because I could never in my life finish anything I'd started. All right, I am a talker, a harmless, boring talker as we all are. But what can I do if the direct and sole purpose of every intelligent man is to talk, that is to say, to waste his time deliberately? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bertrand Russell quote: "Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is..."
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Bertrand Russell
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature has made them. Bertrand Russell
People who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only be unhappy about a person who is worth his while; which is rather like being astonished that anyone should condescend to die of cholera at the bidding of so insignificant a creature as the comma bacillus. Marcel Proust
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It's always worthwhile speaking to a clever man."
It's always worthwhile speaking to a clever man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Richard Russo quote: "You've become a clever man."
You've become a clever man. Richard Russo
H. G. Wells quote: "Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed..."
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily. H. G. Wells
George R. R. Martin quote: "I confess, I do not understand what there is in her to make a..."
I confess, I do not understand what there is in her to make a clever man like you act such a fool? George R. R. Martin
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to..."
It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all. Arthur Conan Doyle

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