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be clever

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To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. G. K. Chesterton

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Charles Kingsley

I'm sure we'd all rather be clever than brave. Lois McMaster Bujold

Never be clever for the sake of being clever For the sake of showing off. Glenn Gould

There was an attraction at first that Mr Baldwin should not be clever. But when he forever sentimentalises about his own stupidity, the charm is broken. John Maynard Keynes

You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow. Ibo Proverb

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