Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

William Inge
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I have a friend who believes that he is the smartest person in the world. He sees himself as one of life's great geniuses. He's always saying, "Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice to be intelligent?" Of course it would have been nice to be intelligent, but did you ever wonder how smart he really is?

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