Quotes About Intelligence

If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly.

Il faut le malheur pour creuser certaines mines mystérieuses cachées dans l'intelligence humaine. (p. 174)

Vain onnettomuus voi kaivaa esiin ihmisälyssä piilevät salaperäiset aarteet; tarvitaan painetta, jotta ruuti räjähtää.

If crowns were only for the most beautiful and intelligent heads, Mercedès would be a queen now.

Leren is nog geen weten. Er zijn weters en er zijn geleerden. Het geheugen maakt de eerste soort, de wijsheid de tweede.

The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.

Precisamos da desgraça para escavar certas minas misteriosas escondidas na inteligência humana; precisamos da pressão para fazer a pólvora explodir.

Aprender no es saber: de aquí nacen los eruditos y los sabios: la memoria hace a los unos, y la filosofía a los otros.

Ci vuole la sciagura per scavare certe miniere misteriose nascoste nell'intelligenza umana; ci vuole la pressione per far esplodere la polvere.

Apprendere non vuol dire sapere; vi sono i sapienti e i savi. È la memoria che fa gli uni, è la filosofia che fa gli altri».

one of those strong, ossified brains, which have no more room for a single idea, so fiercely does animal matter keep watch at the doors of intelligence, narrowly inspecting the contraband trade which might result from the introduction into the brain of a symptom of thought.

Así como es necesaria la presión para hacer estallar la pólvora, así el infortunio es necesario también para descubrir ciertas minas misteriosas ocultas en la inteligencia humana.

A înv??a nu înseamn? a È™ti. Exist? È™tiutori È™i exist? savanÈ›i: pe unii îi face memoria, pe alÈ›ii filozofia.

Dar poate c? genovezul f?cea parte din categoria oamenilor inteligenÈ›i, care nu È™tiu niciodat? decât ce trebuie s? È™tie, È™i care nu cred decât ce au interesul s? cread?.

His was one of those rare organizations, endowed with an obedient intelligence like that of the dog;

Servono le sventure per scavare certe miniere misteriose nascoste nell'intelligenza umana; serve la pressione per far esplodere la polvere.

One of the commonest weaknesses of human intelligence is the wish to reconcile opposing principles and to purchase harmony at the expense of logic.

Nations as well as men require time to learn, whatever may be their intelligence or zeal.

Whatever one does, it is impossible to raise the intelligence of a nation above a certain level. It will be quite useless to ease the access to human knowledge, improve teaching methods, or reduce the cost of education, for men will never become educated nor develop their intelligence without devoting time to the matter... Thus it is as difficult to imagine a society where all men are enlightened as a state where all the citizens are wealthy.

Mire, mi querido amigo, sólo hay una forma de hablar bien desde la tribuna, y consiste en estar plenamente convencido, al llegar a ella, de que se es el hombre más inteligente del mundo».

crows were more intelligent than most men, and more loyal, and that you could not choose them, they must choose you, they must come to you and once they did they would never leave you, at least not of their own accord.

I don't think I'm the smart sister, Isabel said. You are, Sophie told her. You just have a lot to learn.

In his opinion, a woman who loved books was the best sort.

Braininess is not attractive unless combined with some signs of elegance; class.