Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Cleverness Quotes

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all...

True humility is contentment.

True humility is contentment.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our...

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what?...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

A belief is not true because it is useful

A belief is not true because it is useful

Don't let me catch anyone talking about the universe in my department

Don't let me catch anyone talking about the universe in my department

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.