Intelligence Quotes - Page 9
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books
He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.
Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.164
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2459, Delphi Classics
Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1984). “The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species”, Gulf Publishing Company
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.103, Simon and Schuster
Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.103
"Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay" edited by Charlotte Barrett, (vol. 2, p. 3), 1854.
"Creative Evolution" (1907) by Henri Bergson, as quoted in "Bergson, Complexity and Creative Emergence" by David Kreps, 2015.
It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1855). “Tales and Sketches of New England Life: Comprising "The Mayflower," and Other Miscellaneous Writings”, p.46