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Every true genius is bound to be naive. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#bound #every #genius #naive #true

I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#noise #noise-pollution #intelligence

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent. ↗

— George Orwell

#labour #pacifism #peace #war #intelligence

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#thought #intelligence

Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#intelligence

The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently. ↗

— Bill Bowerman

#improvement #intelligence #running #training #intelligence

To a great mind, nothing is little. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#intelligence #observation #perspective #intelligence

Everythin' seems ter happen ter you, doesn' it? ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#jealousy #jealousy

You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#form #health #health care #know #medicare

Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor