Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would be solved if the thick listened to the clever, are liable to be disappointed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.
Any president is going to need extremely good advisers.
I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.
No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.
He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.