“Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.”
Thomas Szasz (1920–2012) Hungarian psychiatrist
“She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think.”
— E. Lockhart, book We Were Liars
Source: We Were Liars
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