Sign Up Log In

clever quotes

- 10 of 90 Results

FILTER BY

Subject

Source

Author

- Relevance

- - Gender
  - Male
  - Female
  - Nationality
  - philosopher
  - author
  - poet
  - critic of culture
  - classical scholar
  - novelist
  - screenwriter
  - writer
  - essayist
  - moralist
  - Occupation
  - U.S.
  - German
  - British
  - French
  - Anglo-Irish
  - Anglo-American
  - Danish
  - Greek
  - Roman
  - South Indian

The good are so harsh to the clever,
The clever so rude to the good! The good are so harsh to the clever,
The clever so rude to the good!

Elizabeth Wordsworth

intellect and intellectuals

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The simple believe everything, but the clever consider their steps. The simple believe everything, but the clever consider their steps.

unknown author

gullibility

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

A clever wife often sleeps with a stupid husband. A clever wife often sleeps with a stupid husband.

unknown author

marriage | men | women

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

A race horse needs only a touch of the whip; a clever person needs only a hint. A race horse needs only a touch of the whip; a clever person needs only a hint.

unknown author

cleverness | understanding | hints

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Even a clever wife finds it hard to cook without rice. Even a clever wife finds it hard to cook without rice.

unknown author

difficulty | necessity

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Clever words are not as good as straight talk. Clever words are not as good as straight talk.

unknown author

talking | speech | cleverness

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Clever words and sharp looks are rarely associated with virtue. Clever words and sharp looks are rarely associated with virtue.

unknown author

speech | talking | appearances

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

For a clever eye, one glance is enough, while a dunce may stare all day long. For a clever eye, one glance is enough, while a dunce may stare all day long.

unknown author

cleverness | intelligence | stupidity

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

The British are a self-distrustful, diffident people, agreeing with alacrity that they are neither successful nor clever, and only... - MORE The British are a self-distrustful, diffident people, agreeing with alacrity that they are neither successful nor clever, and only modestly claiming that they have a keener sense of humour, more robust common sense, and greater staying power as a nation than all the rest of the world put together.

unknown author

British, the

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Or don't you know, so exceedingly clever as you are, that a vain tongue must pay the penalty? Or don't you know, so exceedingly clever as you are, that a vain tongue must pay the penalty?

Aeschylus

vanity

ATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

1 2 3 NEXT

The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.

iPhone App Updated

500,000 words and definitions plus new features! Get the update now »

CharlieEBaillie RT @Intrepid_Travel: "Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen." Louis L'Amour #quote

2 minutes ago

REDNEQS Thomasà Kempis (quoteworld): Share With Friends: | | Fun Stuff - Quote Of The Day Stories, Ne... http://t.co/OzcBouPD #Redneck #Quote

24 minutes ago

tremontraven RT @Intrepid_Travel: "Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen." Louis L'Amour #quote

38 minutes ago

raquelsofia77 RT @Intrepid_Travel: "Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen." Louis L'Amour #quote

41 minutes ago

Partners: Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Reference Sendori

About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help