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Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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In fact, he's never taken an interest in a woman before. I was beginning to to suspect he might prefer one of his male sneaks, but now..." She paused dramatically. "Now, we have the lovely, intelligent Yelena to get Valek's cold heart pumping." "You really should get out of your sewing room more. You need fresh air and a dose of reality," I said knowing better than to believe a word Dilana said, but unable to control the silly little grin on my face. Her sweet, melodious laughter followed me into the hallway. "You know I'm right, " she called. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

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A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

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Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood. ↗

— Weihui Zhou

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Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Your hypocrisy insults my intelligence. ↗

— Toba Beta

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A woman of many talents. And intelligent, too. He'd probably have to kill her soon. ↗

— Robin Hobb

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A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel that it contained 'all the old Wodehouse characters under different names.' He has probably by now been eaten by bears, like the children who made mock of the prophet Elisha: but if he still survives he will not be able to make a similar charge against Summer Lightning. With my superior intelligence, I have out-generalled the man this time by putting in all the old Wodehouse characters under the same names. Pretty silly it will make him feel, I rather fancy. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

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