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.

On n'est point un homme d'esprit pour avoir beaucoup d'idees, comme on n'est pas un bon General poue avoir beaucoup de soldats.

Nicolas Chamfort

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Intelligence Ideas

Author

Nicolas Chamfort

Source

Maximes et Pensées

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Chamfort, Nicolas. Maximes et Pensees. c. 1796, no. 29.

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