Logo
Quote by Simone Weil
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the c

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. – Simone Weil

Other quotes by Simone Weil

When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

Category:
Hurt, Injury
Author
Simone Weil
Read Quote

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. – Simone Weil

Category:
Art
Author
Simone Weil
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Intelligence
category

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. – Michel de Montaigne

Category:
Intelligence

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. – Janis Joplin

Category:
Intelligence

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didnt support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap. – Aldrich Ames

Category:
Intelligence

Perhaps measuring animal intelligence by comparing it to human intelligence isnt the best litmus test. – Ingrid Newkirk

Category:
Intelligence

Random Quotes

The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didnt think he could do. – Ring Lardner

Category:
Happiness

Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers. – William Galvin

Category:
Teenagers

Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you. – Paul Wilkinson

Category:
Terrorism

That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed the basis for me receiving the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. – Paul Berg

Category:
Technology