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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

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To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves. – Simone Weil

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil

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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Im much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet. – Michael Scheuer

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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St Jamess Park Tube station in London. – John le Carre

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Peoples intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People dont tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. – Robyn Hitchcock

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