Children of the Ghetto (1892), bk. 1, ch. 7.
La passion fait souvent un fou du plus habile homme, et rend souvent les plus sots habiles.
Variant translation: Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever.
Maxim 6.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool!”
Three and—an Extra.
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
“Hardly any man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.”
Il n'y a guère d'homme assez habile pour connaître tout le mal qu'il fait.
Maxim 269.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else—unless it is an enemy.”
Ideas and Opinions
1950s, Essay to Leo Baeck (1953)
Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches (2000) ISBN-13: 978-0761525516
Referring to Richard M. Clurman (1924 - 1996), a journalist, editor and administrator best known for his long association with Time magazine. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/06/03/1996_06_03_056_TNY_CARDS_000376587
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 3, The Curse of Civil Service Reform
“You can't make a man a Christian unless you first make him believe he is a sinner.”
Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living (1937), p. 17
Misattributed
