It's a strange idea people have that thinking makes one intelligent.

Marty Rubin
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If you’re not very smart, but you think you are, then you’re not smart. If you’re not very intelligent, but think you are, then you’re not that much intelligent. The truth is that thinking makes one intelligent.

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