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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
It is wiser to find out than to suppose
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.