A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.
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Chamfort, Nicolas. Maximes et Pensees. c. 1796, no. 29.
Chamfort, Nicolas. Maximes et Pensees. c. 1796, no. 29.
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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.
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