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Clever Quotes - Page 18

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Samuel Butler (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Butler (Illustrated)”, p.4400, Delphi Classics

It's clever, but is it Art?

Barrack-Room Ballads (1892) "The Conundrum of the Workshops"

When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.

Philippa Gregory (2012). “The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.

Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.125, Wordsworth Editions

Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes.

M. C. Beaton (2011). “As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin Mystery”, p.31, Minotaur Books

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.

Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.5, Wordsworth Editions

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction.

Ha-Joon Chang (2007). “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”, Bloomsbury Press