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As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe. ↗

— John Rachel

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Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? ↗

— John Keats

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Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change. ↗

— H.G. Wells

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Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying 'hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. ↗

— John Green

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You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant. ↗

— Harlan Ellison

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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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It's Simon. He's missing." "Ah," said Magnus, delicately, "missing what, exactly?" "Missing," Jace repeated, "as in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared." "Maybe he's gone and hidden under something," Magnus suggested. "It can't be easy getting used to being a rat, especially for someone so dim-witted in the first place." "Simon's not dim-witted," Clary protested angrily. "It's true," Jace agreed. "He just looks dim-witted. Really his intelligence is quite average.

— Cassandra Clare

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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#intelligent-action #intelligence

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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