A Quote by Benjamin Hoff

Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't look very deeply into things to begin with.

Benjamin Hoff

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Benjamin Hoff
American - Author
Born: 1946

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Tobias Hill

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Bill Bryson

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Thomas Carlyle

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Ivanka Trump

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Constance Wu

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Pedro

Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.

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