“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)
“Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and even sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.”
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)
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La passion fait souvent un fou du plus habile homme, et rend souvent les plus sots habiles.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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