"A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect."

Intellectual, Intellect, Laws, Wit

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"A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect."

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"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

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"Never assume you know it all. Ask questions."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"No one can do the learning for you."

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"Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets."

Guru Nanak, Indian Philosopher

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"Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals."

Edmund Wilson, American Critic

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"No one knows a man better than himself."

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"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts."

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"Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life."

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"Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever."

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"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

"Never assume you know it all. Ask questions."

"No one can do the learning for you."

"Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism."

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

"Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets."

"Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals."

"No one knows a man better than himself."

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing."

"Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity."

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"She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book."

"We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair."

"Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other."

"Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts."

"I love to lose myself in other men's minds."

"We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself."

"Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life."

"Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever."

"It is good to love the unknown."