#smarts

We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense. ↗

— Roland Barthes

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And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people. ↗

— Deb Caletti

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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. ↗

— James Boswell

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