Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
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Mark Twain
The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.
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Watchman Nee
My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
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Jane Austen
I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.
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Oscar Wilde
More Quotes By Henri Frederic Amiel
To repel one's cross is to make it heavier.
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Cleverness is serviceable for everything sufficient for nothing.
