Quotes about Cleverness

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.

Satan, whom Paul labeled as "the god of this evil world," is so clever that he has fooled many people into thinking that he doesn't even exist—while in reality he controls their very lives.

If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

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 absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious. Her feet are very pretty, but they are not feet of clay. White porcelain feet, if you like. They have been through fire, and what fire does not destroy, it hardens.

I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance — that there are a great many people in the world who are just as clever as you are.

Oh, Adam's sons, how cleverly you defend yourselves against all that might do you good!