Quotes About Astuteness

Old foxes want no tutors.

Do I look feeble to you Actually, yes. Well, looks can be deceiving. For instance, when I met you, I thought you look reasonably intelligent.

the way an Ugnaught gets to be an old Ugnaught is by being smart.

It is good to be brave, Lieutenant. It is better to be smart, and much less painful for those around you

I'm no genius, but I'm smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.

Yeah, I don't have a Yale degree but my bullshit detector is excellent. Top drawer, even.

Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.

Una cosa es ser listo y otra ser inteligente.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

Women and foxes, being weak, are distinguished by superior tact.

Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.

You're just clever enough to be stupider than if you weren't clever at all

From this a general rule is drawn, which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined because that predominance has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power.

Quem cria o poder de outrem se arruína, porque tal poder se origina da astúcia ou da força, e ambas são suspeitas a quem se tornou poderoso.

el que ayuda a otro a hacerse poderoso causa su propiaruina. Porque es natural que el que se ha vuelto poderoso recele de la misma astucia o de la misma fuerza gracias a las cuales se lo ha ayudado.