Tag: intelligent

Wit beyond measure is a man’s greatest treasure

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about

A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

You can never be overdressed or overeducated

Well-behaved women seldom make history

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show

The truth is rarely pure and never simple

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book

‘Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.