"Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly."
― Diogenes
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Intelligence
― Diogenes
More From Diogenes
- "Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards."
- "It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little."
- "When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."
More In Intelligence
- "Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence."― John Kenneth Galbraith
- "When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years."― Carl Levin
- "Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation."― James Allen