“Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are the more selective you become.”
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“As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.”
In most cases they are utterly unable to answer that question honestly.
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“Always be smarter than the people who hire you.”
Variant: You can make more friends in two months by being interested in them, than in two years by making them interested in you.
Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), p. 52 (in 1998 edition)
“Life is tough when you are always talking to people smarter than you.”
Source: The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), P. 5
