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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men, Passion, Makes

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fool, Opinion, Once

To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Human, Far, Seldom

People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.
Chris O'Dowd

Stupid, Talk, Idiots

It's an ancient idea that the leader of a democracy should not be the cleverest but the most average. That's an arguable point, but the world has decided otherwise - except in America, where it still divides the country right down the middle.
Martin Amis

Democracy, Down, Country

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
Lafcadio Hearn

Great, Best, Society

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