“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.”
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“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
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