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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
The sum of intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which read more
The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.
