Quotes About Intelligence

Qualquer pessoa, seja homem ou mulher, que não souber apreciar um bom romance deve ser insuportavelmente estúpido.

La personne, homme ou femme, qui n'éprouve pas de plaisir à la lecture d'un bon roman ne peut qu'être d'une bêtise intolérable.

they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters.

Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.

Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

Cuando se tiene poco seso la vanidad llega a causar toda clase de desgracias

En mi concepto, la buena compañía, señor Elliot, es la de personas inteligentes y bien informadas que puedan conversar de muchas cosas; eso es lo que yo llamo buena compañía

Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.

Poseo bastantes defectos, pero creo que no proceden de mi entendimiento.

Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all.

Men of sense do not want silly wives.

ma Anne, con la sua raffinata intelligenza e la sua dolcezza, virtù che avrebbero dovuto collocarla molto in alto nella stima di chiunque fosse dotato di giudizio, non era nessuno né per il padre né per la sorella. La sua parola non aveva alcun valore, le sue esigenze erano sempre considerate poco importanti; era soltanto Anne

Lucy does not want sense, and that is the foundation on which every thing good may be built.

No doubt he is a sensible man, and I suppose may have a natural talent for-thinks strongly and clearly-and when he takes a pen in hand, his thoughts naturally find proper words.

My idea of good company... is the company of clever, well informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

La vanidad es un defecto. Pero el orgullo, en caso de personas de inteligencia superior, creo que es válido

Emma is spoiled by being the cleverest of her family. At ten years old, she had the misfortune of being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen.

if you are ever so forward and clever yourselves, you should always be modest; for, much as you know already, there is a great deal more for you to learn.

pero Ana, que poseía una finura de espíritu y una dulzura de carácter que la habrían colocado en el mejor lugar entre gentes de verdadero seso

The more I see the world, most dislike, and the time confirms my belief in the inconsistency of human nature and how little can one trust the appearances of goodness or intelligence

My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

EMMA WOODHOUSE, bella, inteligente y rica, con una familia acomodada y un buen carácter, parecía reunir en su persona los mejores dones de la existencia; y había vivido cerca de veintiún años sin que casi nada la afligiera o la enojase.

Her tears fell abundantly—but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes—and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding—really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two—and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.

The horror of her incarceration in the Tower was a defining event Elizabeth could never forget. It made a passionate heart more circumspect, a complex nature more contradictory and a fine intelligence sharp as a blade.