The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.
The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive.
People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups.
These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.
Intelligence is a moral category.
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.