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How to use the word cleverness in a Sentence?

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I was suspicious as we were doing it because the questions appeared taped. But had no idea it would turn out to be such a fun prank, it gave us a very welcome good laugh. I appreciate their cleverness and that they created their video in a way that I don't feel was in any way mean spirited.

– Carole Baskin

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3 years ago

Simplicity, not cleverness, can be the source of happiness.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

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9 years ago

If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for him speak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

– Elbert Hubbard

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10 years ago

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

– Stendhal

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13 years ago

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

– Israel Zangwill

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13 years ago

Cleverness is like a lens with a very sharp focus. Wisdom is more like a wide-angle lens.

– Edward de Bono, Textbook of Wisdom

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13 years ago

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.  

– Marie Henri Beyle, (1783-1842)

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13 years ago

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

– Plato

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13 years ago

An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

– Elbert Hubbard

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14 years ago

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.

– Jalal ud-Din Rumi

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14 years ago

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

– Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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14 years ago

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