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Intelligence is the ability to find convincing excuses for one's own stupidity.
"Pshekruj"

The mind is like health: those who have it do not notice it.
Claude Helvetius

The mind is a person's spiritual weapon.
Vissarion Belinsky

There are three kinds of minds: one comprehends everything by itself; another can understand what the first has comprehended; the third - he himself does not comprehend anything and cannot understand what others have comprehended.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Intelligence is something that is sometimes found in others.
Leszek Kumor

Intelligence is highly valued when strength becomes cheaper.
Vasily Klyuchevsky

Intelligence is passion.
Rene Descartes

Love is the victory of imagination over intellect.
Bernard Werber

The mind sometimes serves us only to boldly do stupid things.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Intelligence is higher than courage.
Phaedrus

I'm relatively smart. Very relative.
Salvador Dali

Being strong is good, being smart is twice as good.
Ivan Krylov

There was no great mind without an admixture of madness.
Seneca

The mind is always a fool of the heart.
La Rochefoucauld

Intelligence consists not only in knowledge, but also in the ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Aristotle

A smart person will never mess with a strong person.
Pierre Beaumarchais

Measuring your intelligence level sometimes shows how smart you would be if you didn't allow your intelligence to be measured.
Lawrence Peter

A short mind has a long tongue.
Aristophanes

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a torch to be lit.
Plutarch

My own mind is my church.
Thomas Paine

There is a mind gem, which plays more beautifully in the frame of modesty.
Maksim Gorky

The smart one is not the one who doesn't make mistakes. Smart is the one who can easily and quickly correct them.
Vladimir Lenin

The intellect should not be deified. He has powerful muscles, but no face.
Albert Einstein

It is very useful to sharpen and polish your mind on the minds of others.
Michel Montaigne

The vastness of the mind is measured by the number of ideas and their combinations.
Claude Helvetius

A mind without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Salvador Dali

The woman is, of course, smarter. Have you ever heard of a woman who would lose her head just because a man has beautiful legs?
Faina Ranevskaya

People of small minds are sensitive to petty insults; people of great intelligence notice everything and are not offended by anything.
Vauvenargues

The mind, all consisting of one logic, is like a knife with one blade: it wounds the hand that takes it and bleeds.
Rabindranath Tagore

The level of intelligence is manifested not so much in the ability to understand “higher mathematics”, but in the ability to understand others.
Juliana Wilson

I don’t understand how poverty can be the sister of high intelligence.
Petronius

Intelligence is the most necessary thing that is not necessary to have.
Mikhail Mamchich

You would have thought that there were several cerebellums in his head.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

A smart person will be able to learn a lot from the enemy.
Aristophanes

You can only break through a wall with your head. Everything else is just tools.
Leszek Kumor

The brain rusts much more often than it wears out.
Christian Bovey

Many people complain about their appearance, but no one complains about their brains.
Faina Ranevskaya

For a woman, beauty is more important than intelligence, because it is easier for a man to look than to think.
Marlene Dietrich

All smart people should be in mutual communication.
Plautus

I love smart enemies.
Salvador Dali

Exercise, not rest, gives strength to the mind.
Alexander Pope

A man without reason is a man without will. He who does not have intelligence is deceived, blinded, and exploited by others. Only the one who thinks is free and independent.
Ludwig Feuerbach

The mind loses all its charm if it is imbued with anger.
Richard Sheridan

The mind should not limit, but complement virtue.
Vauvenargues

It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Descartes

The human mind always strives for some kind of activity and under no circumstances tolerates continuous peace.
Cicero

A healthy stomach does not accept bad food, a healthy mind does not accept evil views.
William Hazlitt

Intelligence develops by communicating with intelligent people.
Georgy Alexandrov

A wise man fights against old age, a fool becomes its slave.
Epictetus

Intellectually independent - only geniuses and fools.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

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There are three kinds of minds: one comprehends everything by itself; another can understand what the first has comprehended; the third - he himself does not comprehend anything and cannot understand what others have comprehended.
Niccolo Machiavelli.

The brain rusts much more often than it wears out.
Christian Bovey.

Intellectuals are divided into two categories: some worship intelligence, others use it.
Gilbert Chesterton.

An "egghead" is someone who has both feet firmly in the air on both sides of an issue.
Stanley Garn

You would have thought that there were several cerebellums in his head.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec.

Intellectuals are like women - they run after the military.
Andre Malraux.

Young children have a lot in common with intellectuals. Their noise is annoying; their silence is suspicious.
Gabriel Laub.

Intellectual drought floods us with a flood of words.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec.

I think, therefore I exist for something.
Trivzorov brothers.

Intelligence is something that is sometimes found in others.
Leszek Kumor.

An intellectual is a person who believes that ideas are more important than values; of course, his ideas and other people's values.
Gerald Brenan.

If I were a thinker, I wouldn’t sit bent over all my life.
Gennady Malkin.



An intellectual is a person who needs more words, than necessary, in order to say more than he knows.
Dwight Eisenhower.

Eggheads of all countries, unite! We have nothing to lose but our yolks.
Adlai Stevenson.

Intellectual: a person who reads books even in good weather.

Intelligence is highly valued when strength becomes cheaper.
Vasily Klyuchevsky.

There is no such disgusting political movement that would not find its intellectuals.
Slobodan Snyder.

You can only break through a wall with your head. Everything else is just tools.
Leszek Kumor.

Measuring your intelligence level sometimes shows how smart you would be if you didn't allow your intelligence to be measured.
Lawrence Peter.

Intelligence is the ability to find convincing excuses for one's own stupidity.

It is not the one who knows how to distinguish good from evil who is smart, but the one who knows how to choose the lesser of two evils. Al-Harizi

A reasonable person does not pursue what is pleasant, but what saves him from trouble. Aristotle

A smart person will be able to learn a lot from the enemy. Aristotle

The mind, like a country road, has its own well-worn path. O. Balzac

One of the misfortunes of a high mind is that it inevitably understands everything - both vices and virtues. O. Balzac

The mind is a person's spiritual weapon. V. G. Belinsky

Reason is given to man so that he can live wisely, and not just so that he can see that he is living unreasonably. V. G. Belinsky

The greatest weakness of the mind is distrust of the powers of the mind. V. G. Belinsky

Our mind is metal extracted from form, and form is our actions. A. Bergson

The mind is the bread that satisfies; a joke is a spice that induces appetite. L. Burnet

There is the same difference between reason and intellect as there is between a book. culinary recipes and pie. L. Burnet

A person who speaks little is often considered smart by many, just as a calm character is often mistaken for a strong one. L. Burnet

An intelligent person will not only never say anything stupid, but will never even hear anything stupid. L. Burnet

You can give in to force, but you meekly submit only to reason. L. Blanki

Since the mind cannot be humiliated, it is taken revenge by persecuting it. P. Beaumarchais

Few minds perish from wear and tear; most of them rust from disuse. K. Bovey

The peculiarity of a living mind is that it only needs to see and hear a little so that it can then think for a long time and understand a lot. D. Bruno

A person is human only through reflection. P. Buast

The heart lives in the present, the mind in the future: that is why there is so little agreement between them. P. Buast

He who values ​​little things for their own sake is an empty man; he who values ​​them for the sake of the conclusions that can be drawn from them, or for the benefit that can be obtained from them, is a philosopher. E. Bulwer-Lytton

Everyone has stupid thoughts, but smart people don’t express them. V. Bush

Wit is not the same thing as intelligence. The mind is distinguished by ingenuity, but wit is only resourcefulness. K. Weber

The mind achieves great things only in impulses. L. Vauvenargues

The mind should not limit, but complement virtue. L. Vauvenargues

The main advantage of the mind is not in liveliness, but in accuracy, just as the advantage of a pendulum is not in speed, but in the accuracy of its movement. L. Vauvenargues

The vivacity of the mind depends on the speed of its operations. It doesn't necessarily have to do with ingenuity. A heavy mind can be inventive, but a lively mind can be sterile. L. Vauvenargues

The human mind is more penetrating than consistent, and embraces more than it can connect. L. Vauvenargues

Loneliness is for the mind what a starvation diet is for the body: sometimes it is necessary, but it should not be too long. L. Vauvenargues

The spirit is subject to the same law as the body - the impossibility of existence without constant nutrition. L. Vauvenargues

Where the mind is lacking, everything is lacking. D. Halifax Wise people think about their thoughts, foolish people proclaim them. G. Heine

There is nothing on earth more worthy of respect than intelligence. K. Helvetius

The vastness of the mind is measured by the number of ideas and their combinations. K. Helvetius

Thinking is a great virtue, and wisdom lies in speaking what is true and listening to nature and acting in accordance with it. Heraclitus

A strong mind pursuing practical goals is the best mind on earth... I. Goethe

Smart people - the best encyclopedia. I. Goethe

An intelligent person is not one who knows a lot, but one who knows himself. I. Goethe

Reason serves to identify the truth, not a fact, but an inference. T. Hobbes

Through suffering and grief it is destined for us to obtain grains of wisdom that cannot be acquired in books. N.V. Gogol

Reason is an incomparably higher ability, but it is acquired only by victory over passions. N.V. Gogol

The mind can be compared to keen eyesight, quickly noticing things; a sound mind is a mind that notices objects and relationships as they really are; a confused mind is a mind that notices only wrong attitudes. P. Holbach

The mind is the same everywhere: smart people there are some general signs, like all fools, despite the differences in nations, clothes, languages, religions, even outlook on life. I. A. Goncharov

Wisdom is a set of truths obtained by the mind, observation and experience and applied to life - this is the harmony of ideas with life. I. A. Goncharov

There is a precious stone that plays more beautifully in the frame of modesty. M. Gorky

Reason, no organized by idea, is not yet the force that enters life creatively. M. Gorky

A smart person does immediately what a fool does late. B. Gracian

Originality is loneliness of the mind. A. Graf

The mind rebels against certain views, just as the stomach rejects certain foods. W. Gaslitt

The human mind has three keys that open everything: a number, a letter, a note. Know, think, dream. That's all there is to it. V. Hugo

Where there is thought, there is power. V. Hugo

Thought is the same food. To think is to eat. V. Hugo

It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well. R. Descartes

In order to improve the mind, you need to think more than memorize. R. Descartes

The mind is a burning glass, which, while ignited, itself remains cold. R. Descartes

For most people, the mind remains a neglected soil almost throughout their entire lives. E. Delacroix

The habit of orderly thoughts is the only road to happiness for you; to achieve it, order is necessary in everything else, even in the most indifferent things. E. Delacroix

From wisdom come the following three characteristics: making excellent decisions, speaking accurately and doing what should be done. Democritus

He is prudent who does not grieve about what he does not have, but, on the contrary, is glad about what he has. Democritus

It is not physical strength or money that makes people happy, but righteousness and many-sided wisdom. Democritus

The highest degree of human wisdom is the ability to adapt to circumstances and remain calm in spite of external thunderstorms. D. Defoe

The art of being wise is knowing what to ignore. W. James

Fallacy of opinion can be tolerated if reason retains the right to decide. T. Jefferson

Deep thoughts are iron nails driven into the mind so that nothing can pull them out. D. Diderot

Wisdom is nothing other than the science of happiness. D. Diderot

Strong minds are precisely what distinguishes them inner strength, which makes it possible not to succumb to ready-made views and systems and to create your own views and conclusions based on living impressions. They do not reject anything at first, but they do not stop at anything, but only take note of everything and process it in their own way. N. A. Dobrolyubov

That's what the mind is for, to achieve what you want. F. M. Dostoevsky

To act smartly, intelligence alone is not enough. F. M. Dostoevsky

It is not the mind that is important, but what guides it - nature, heart, noble qualities, development. F. M. Dostoevsky

No mind is identical to another, and never alone. and the same reasons do not cause different minds identical consequences. George Sand

The real sign by which you can recognize a true sage is patience. G. Ibsen

When a smart person scolds himself, it is bad, but when a fool praises himself, it is even worse. T. Iriarte

A mind that is too scattered is not capable of comprehending things. D. Cardano

Thought is the mother of activity, it is its living soul, not only its instigator, but also its guardian. Thought therefore serves as the foundation, beginning and innermost essence of all human life on the ground. T. Carlyle

The wise man is not the one who thinks he knows everything, but the one who understands that he knows little. M. Claudius

Being smart means not asking what you can't answer. V. O. Klyuchevsky

The whole difference between a smart and a stupid person is in one thing: the first will always think and rarely say, the second will always say and never think. For the first, language is always in the sphere of thought; the second has a thought outside the sphere of language. In the first, the tongue is the secretary of thought, in the second, its gossip and informer. V. O. Klyuchevsky

The misdirection of the mind consists solely in the habit of reasoning from ill-defined principles. E. Condillac

The immorality of the heart also indicates the limitations of the mind. B. Constant

A person has three paths to reason: the path of reflection is the most noble; the path of imitation is the easiest; path personal experience- the heaviest. Confucius

A wise man is ashamed of his shortcomings, but is not ashamed to correct them. Confucius

The intelligence of all people taken together will not help one who does not have his own: a blind person is not benefited by someone else’s vigilance. J. Labruyère

A person of mediocre intelligence seems to be cut out of one piece: he is constantly serious, does not know how to joke, laugh, or enjoy trifles. J. Labruyère

A person whose intelligence and abilities are recognized by everyone does not seem ugly, even if he is ugly - no one notices his ugliness. J. Labruyère

It is not so much the mind as the heart that helps a person get closer to people and be pleasant to them. J. Labruyère

A person who is strongly convinced that he is very intelligent is almost always one of those people who have either little or no intelligence. J. Labruyère

The wise man does not submit to the reckless will of the crowd, but himself gives it direction. I. I. Lazhechnikov

Not every person who has known the depths of his mind has known the depths of his heart, F. La Rochefoucauld

You can't like someone for long who is always smart in the same way. F. La Rochefoucauld

Everyone complains about their memory, but no one complains about their mind. F. La Rochefoucauld

A limited but sound mind ultimately tires us less than a broad but confused mind. F. La Rochefoucauld

A wise person understands that it is better to forbid oneself from a hobby than to fight it later. F. La Rochefoucauld

The mind is always a fool of the heart. F. La Rochefoucauld

You need to have a great mind to be able not to show your mental superiority. F. La Rochefoucauld

The zealous desire to appear so is a great hindrance to being smart. F. La Rochefoucauld

It is much easier to show wisdom in the affairs of others than in your own. F. La Rochefoucauld

He who has never committed folly is not as wise as he thinks. F. La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to judge a person's intelligence by his questions than by his answers. G. Lewis

The human mind has discovered many strange things in nature and will discover even more, thereby increasing its power over it. V. I. Lenin

The smart one is not the one who doesn't make mistakes. There are no such people and there cannot be. Smart is the one who makes mistakes that are not very significant and who knows how to correct them easily and quickly. V. I. Lenin

Iron rusts without finding a use, stagnant water rots or freezes in the cold, and the human mind, without finding a use, withers away. Leonardo da Vinci

Wisdom is the daughter of experience. Leonardo da Vinci

then under certain circumstances he does not lose his mind, he did not have anything to lose. G. Lessing

The least good in life is wealth; the greatest thing is wisdom. G. Lessing

A sharp mind is an inventor, and reason is an observer. G. Lichtenberg

Teaching reason and being reasonable are completely different things. G. Lichtenberg

Finding small faults has long been a characteristic of minds that have risen little or not at all above mediocrity. Sublime minds are silent or object to the whole, but great minds create themselves, without judging anyone. G. Lichtenberg

Overthinking is one of the most shameful types of stupidity. G. Lichtenberg

The most essential and noblest of all that is inherent in us is the mind. G. Mably

The older I get, the more I distrust the famous phrase that wisdom comes with age. G. Mencken

Subtlety is as necessary for the mind as grace is for the body. A. Mere

Our wit seems to be more characterized by speed and suddenness, while our mind is more thorough and slow. M. Montaigne

It is very useful to sharpen and polish your mind on the minds of others. M. Montaigne

The best proof of wisdom is a continuous good mood. M. Montaigne

If we can be learned by someone else's learning, then we can only be wise by our own wisdom. M. Montaigne

It's not enough to be smart. You need to be smart enough not to allow yourself to become overly smart. A. Maurois

A learned person is a vessel, a sage is a source. W. Alger

The greatest wisdom is not to always be wise. M. Opitz

The smarter a person is, the more originality he finds in everyone with whom he communicates. For an ordinary person, all people look the same. B. Pascal

All our dignity lies in thought. B. Pascal

The dictates of reason are much more powerful than the orders of any ruler: disobedience to the latter makes a person unhappy, and disobedience to the former makes a fool. B. Pascal

There is nothing more shameful than to be useless to society and to oneself and to have the intelligence to do nothing. B. Pascal

Cunning in comparison with wisdom is the same as a monkey in comparison with a man. W. Penn

The mind does not tolerate bondage. D. I. Pisarev

The greatest thing contained in the least is a sound mind in the human body. Pittacus

The whole life should be entrusted to reason alone, as a wise guardian. Pythagoras

The sage creates his own destiny. Plautus

The basis of all wisdom is patience. Plato

Prudence is the ability to curb your lusts and passions. Plato

The mind often becomes silent when the heart speaks. G. V. Plekhanov

No one can be wise at every moment. Pliny the Younger

The two main assets of human nature are intelligence and reasoning. Plutarch

Exercise, not rest, gives strength to the mind. A. Pop

Doubt is halfway to wisdom. Publilius Syrus

Seeing other people's vices, a smart person gets rid of his own. Publilius Syrus

A man's mind is stronger than his fists. F. Rabelais

No authority should dominate reason; on the contrary, reason must dominate and control authority. P. Ramus

The highest wisdom does not lie in self-denial, but in the ability to find pleasure in the smallest things. D. Ruskin

The human heart knows no limits, the human mind is limited. A. Rivarol

Courage of the mind consists in giving it flexibility through tireless and persistent training, and not giving in to the hardships of mental labor. R. Rolland

The mind enlightens the senses. R. Rolland

Of all human faculties, reason, which is the unification of all others, develops the most difficultly and last of all. J.-J. Rousseau

And the wisest of minds still has a lot to learn. D. Santayana

In comedy, the smartest role is that of the jester, for the one who wants to pass for him must not be a fool. M. Cervantes

A mind that has overcome its own doubts does not make the heart indifferent to the misconceptions of others. V. S. Soloviev

Wit is like talent: it is better not to have it at all than to have not enough of it. Sommeri

Intelligence is undoubtedly the first condition for happiness. Sophocles

How terrible the mind can be if it does not serve a person. Sophocles

A thought, before it became a thought, was a feeling. K. S. Stanislavsky

Flexibility of mind can replace beauty. Stendhal

The mind is sharp, but not broad; jumps forward at every step, but cannot move forward. R. Tagore

A hint is enough for a smart person. Terence

The wider the mind, the more it is constrained by its own boundaries. E. Thiodiere

That's why man was born to live by his own mind.

It's good to be strong
It's twice as smart to be smart.
Ivan Krylov

Great minds set goals for themselves; other people follow their desires.
Washington Irving

Everyone complains about their memory, but no one complains about their mind.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Everyone praises their kindness, but no one dares to praise their intelligence.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In order to improve the mind, you need to think more than memorize.
Rene Descartes

If there were no reason, sensuality would overwhelm us. That's what intelligence is for, to curb its absurdities.
William Shakespeare

Living with your own mind does not mean ignoring someone else’s mind, but being able to use it to understand things.
Vasily Klyuchevsky

Have the courage to use your own mind.
Immanuel Kant

Only geniuses and fools are intellectually independent.
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

Whoever lives by someone else's labor will inevitably end up living by someone else's mind, for one's own mind is developed only with the help of one's own labor.
Vasily Klyuchevsky

It is easier to meet people who have intelligence than the ability to use it in business, to value intelligence in others and find useful use for it.
Jean de La Bruyère

People of small minds are sensitive to petty insults. People of great intelligence notice everything and are not offended by anything.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Rene Descartes

Courage combined with intelligence helps more than intelligence alone without courage.
Luc de Clapier de Vauvenargues

We would be very smart and very happy people If only many truths that have already turned into proverbs or decorate alphabets and copybooks would cease to be dead and hackneyed phrases for us.
Dmitry Pisarev

Mockery is often a sign of poverty of mind: it comes to the rescue when good arguments are lacking.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

That's what the mind is for, to achieve what you want.
Fedor Dostoevsky

It's not enough to be smart. You need to be smart enough not to allow yourself to become overly smart.
Andre Maurois

It is not enough to master wisdom; one must also be able to use it.
Cicero

Unhappy is the fate of people! No sooner has the mind reached its maturity than the body begins to weaken.
Charles de Montesquieu

It's never too late to wise up.
Daniel Defoe

You need to have a great mind to be able not to show your mental superiority.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is easier to judge a person's intelligence by his questions than by his answers.
Gaston de Levis

Usually the more intelligence a person has, the less than value he gives it to him.
Louis Sebastian Mercier

One of the misfortunes of a high mind is that it inevitably understands everything - both vices and virtues.
Honore de Balzac

It is very useful to sharpen and polish your mind against the minds of others.
Michel de Montaigne

With the mind - like with a razor: sharp, it hurts others; dulled - oneself.
Jonathan Swift

The heart can add intelligence, but the mind cannot add heart.
Anatole France

Strong minds are precisely distinguished by that inner strength that makes it possible not to succumb to ready-made views and systems and to create their own views and conclusions based on living impressions. They do not reject anything at first, but they do not dwell on anything, but only take note of everything and process it in their own way.
Nikolay Dobrolyubov

Only the treasures of the mind are valid. They can be shared without losing anything; they even multiply when they are shared.
Democritus

The mind is the same everywhere: smart people have the same common characteristics, like all fools, despite the differences in nations, clothes, languages, religions, even outlook on life.
Ivan Goncharov

The mind should not limit, but complement virtue.
Luc de Clapier de Vauvenargues

Intelligence consists not only in knowledge, but also in the ability to apply knowledge in practice.
Aristotle

Intelligence does not replace knowledge.
Luc de Clapier de Vauvenargues

The mind does not tolerate bondage.
Dmitry Pisarev

Intelligence is highly valued when strength becomes cheaper.
Vasily Klyuchevsky

The ability to pose reasonable questions is already an important and necessary sign of intelligence and insight.
Immanuel Kant

Smart people have always looked with great suspicion at both the angels and the demons of the crowd.
Thomas Macaulay

Smart people are the best encyclopedia.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe

An intelligent person will find a way out of any difficult situation. The wise man will not find himself in this position.
Jean Paul Richter

An intelligent person is bored where most people find pleasure.
Charles Duclos

A smart person creates more opportunities than he finds.
Francis Bacon

The mind, so to speak, begins where common sense ends.
Claude Adrian Helvetius

The mind consists of seeing the similarities between different things and the differences between similar things.
Germaine de Stael

The mind is almost useless for a person who does not possess any other qualities.
AieKcuc Carrel

Average intelligence cannot be underestimated.
Henry Brooks Adams

How more people participates in anything, the more their intelligence level decreases.
2nd Juarez Law

If you keep your mind open, a lot of rubbish will be thrown in there.
William Orton

Being smart is a tedious task.
Henri Bergson

No mortal can always be smart.
Pliny the Elder

Educated and smart person it is difficult to endure, since unreason is an easy and unburdensome thing, but reason is adamant, unshakable, its weight is insurmountable.
Antisthenes

Someone who is smarter than you always seems too smart.
Anatoly Ras

An intelligent person is characterized by the ability not to understand.
Edouard Herriot

It's better to make mistakes with everyone than to be smart alone.
Marcel Achard

Try to be smarter than others, but never let them feel it.
Philip Chesterfield

A person can't be as smart as Thurlow looks.
Charles James Fox about one of his contemporaries

He was a man who was smart over short distances.
Emil Krotky

There are minds like express mail trains: they go so fast that you don't notice that they are empty.
Gilbert Sesbron

If you want to pass for smart, just agree in any conversation.
Leo Rosten

It took me my whole life to understand that you don’t need to understand everything.
Rene Coty