802 Quotes About Clever

  • Author Thucydides
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    Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures.

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  • Author William Makepeace Thackeray
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    Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have.

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  • Author Atharva Veda
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    Please be kind and compassionate, O Lord of my life; I am helpless, and I seek Your Sanctuary, God. Please, give me Your Hand, and lift me up, out of the deep dark pit. I have no clever tricks at all.

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  • Author Atharva Veda
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    I am not a learned Pandit, I am not clever or wise. I do not wander; I am not deluded by doubt.

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  • Author Gore Vidal
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    Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

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  • Author Judith Viorst
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    Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.

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  • Author Kurt Vonnegut
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    The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are.

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  • Author Michael Vaughan
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    England fans are very clever and have special ways of getting tickets and I'm sure we'll be well supported in Australia.

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