“Everyone said he was a fool.
Everyone said she was a clever woman.
They used the word ensnare.”
Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer
Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987), Marrying the Hangman
“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)
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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936Related quotes
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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)
“Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever.”
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"Of Women"
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“No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.”
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Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“A very clever man though perhaps not a very strong character.”
Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957) German general
Erich von Manstein to Leon Goldensohn, June 14, 1946.
“They hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Working Class Hero"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
“The woman manages to convey her intentions perfectly, with a simple glance.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La donna riesce a trasmettere perfettamente le sue intenzioni, con un semplice sguardo.
Source: prevale.net
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941) Russian painter
from his memoirs, 1936/41: in Lebenserinnerungen (Memories), Alexej Jawlensky - Köpfe-GesichteMeditationen (Heads-Faces-Meditations), ed. Clemens Weiler (Hanau: H. Peters, 1970), p. 106
1936 - 1941