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“A time comes when one can no longer feel the emotion of love. The only thing left is tragedy. Living for someone or for something no longer has any meaning. Nothing seems to keep its meaning except the idea of dying for something.”

— Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942, Share via Whatsapp

“Some people are wise only when they are in public.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana, Share via Whatsapp

“Smart is only a construct of correspondence between one s abilities, one s environment, and one s moment in history. I am smart in the right way, in the right time, on the right end of globalization.”

— Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays, Share via Whatsapp

“We are mistaken if we totally ignore the opinions of our critics; we need them for balance. Sometimes your critics will speak truth to you that your admirers will not.”

— Joel W. Hemphill, Glory to God in the Highest, Share via Whatsapp

“Experience is what we do with what we learn. The one who has experience uses intelligence to change his life with what he has learned.”

— Alan Maiccon, Share via Whatsapp

“The wisest men in the world do not betray their wives, for they know that they value their intelligence by their side.”

— Alan Maiccon, Share via Whatsapp

“L hésitation est le propre de l intelligence.”

— Henry de Montherlant, Le Démon du bien, Share via Whatsapp

“It is much more difficult for women to succeed in science than for men, not because their intelligence is lower than that of men, but because, unlike men, they tend to spend their time and energy mainly on conversations and dreams. However, what makes them women is only those distinguishing features, without which they would resemble men, not women.”

— Elmar Hussein, Share via Whatsapp

“When we war against nature, we war against ourselves. There is no distinction, no dividing line, no enemy. We devour everything in a lust for self-destruction. As if that is intelligence’s only gift.”

— Steven Erikson, The Crippled God, Share via Whatsapp

“Don’t be a sapiosexual, be a sapiosensual. This is why I say I consider myself a sapiosensual (a term I just made up) because I DON’T LOOK FOR INTELLIGENCE IN A PERSON, I LOOK FOR SOUL, DEPTH, PASSION, VULNERABILITY AND SENSUALITY. All these equates to AUTHENTICITY to me. So, yes, I’m probably snobbish too, I judge a person on how I feel about their authenticity.”

— Lebo Grand, Share via Whatsapp

“It is only the dumb beast that understands futile gestures – the cold necessity for them, in the face of all the hard truths. We who hold to the higher aspirations of the intellect, we surrender too quickly. And yet, in looking upon that dog – a creature knowing only loyalty and courage – we find flavours to wound our own souls.”

— Steven Erikson, The Crippled God, Share via Whatsapp

“The passion of one man will always outrun the intellect of a thousand others.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough, Share via Whatsapp

“Never confuse being opinionated with having something to say.”

— Marty Rubin, Share via Whatsapp

“Intelligence is inversely proportional (contrary) to tongue, more the intelligence, less you speak and less the intelligence, more you speak.”

— Shahid Iqbal, Share via Whatsapp

“The gateways to intelligence are always open, 4IQ is the first step to walk in”

— Myra Yadav, Share via Whatsapp

“To be brilliant is not a matter of being right more often than the next fellow; yes, that may be part of the pedestrian definition. It is in large part a matter of holding firm to convictions as long as possible, but not a moment longer.”

— Matthew Pearl, The Last Bookaneer, Share via Whatsapp

“A man that rich couldn t be stupid. Or, Seema thought now, was that the grand fallacy of twenty-first-century America?”

— Gary Shteyngart, Lake Success, Share via Whatsapp