"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

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"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."

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"We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

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"The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something."

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"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

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"The Knowledgeable has the intelligent answer but only the intelligent one asks for a knowledgeable question."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

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"Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definition."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"We are intelligent beings: intelligent beings cannot have been formed by a crude, blind, insensible being: there is certainly some difference between the ideas of Newton and the dung of a mule. Newton's intelligence, therefore, came from another intelligence."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Education is no substitute for intelligence."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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"Intelligence is a moral category."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

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"Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces."

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"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

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"It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope."

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"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

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"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

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"Politics have no relation to morals."

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"A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair."

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"We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either."

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"Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot."

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