Quote by Virginia Woolf
There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the m

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea. – Virginia Woolf

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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book shown to him by heart, and his friends can only read the title. – Virginia Woolf

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But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious that we do not believe a word that we are saying. – Virginia Woolf

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Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth. – Virginia Woolf

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The Queens intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyones in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. I dont know how she does it. And she sees everything. – Prince Andrew

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Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence. – E. Stanley Jones

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Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence. – Jacques Maritain

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Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning. – Clifford D. Simak

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