Quotes: Intellect. Intellectuals. Intelligence. Intemperance.

The idea in bold-face print is a summary of the quote. The number after the topic is the page on which the quote was found.

Intellect
Intellect 239 Is the "intellect" for Freud one's conscience? "The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing." Freud. 1927. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intellectuals
Intellectuals 117 Modern society needs to keep the intellectual out of power. "One of the chief problems a modern society has to face is how to provide an outlet for the intellectual’s restless energies and yet deny him power; how to make and keep him a paper tiger." Eric Hoffer. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intellectuals 257 Do intellectuals adopt fads in ideas? "We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals." Saul Bellow. 1964. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intelligence
Intelligence 247 Intelligent people recognize the differences in individuals. The more intelligent one is, the more men of originality one finds; ordinary people find no difference between men. Pascal. 1670. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intelligence 247 Having many ideas does not make people intelligent; they must act on those ideas. "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." Chamfort. 1805. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intelligence 248 "An intelligent person often talks with his eyes…." Mr. Tut-Tut. Chinese. 17th century. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intelligence 250 Intelligent people see that everything has significance. "He who has eyes sees something in everything." Lichtenberg. 1764-99. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Intemperance
Intemperance 191 Don't be intemperate in the cause of temperance. "Intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance, while temperate temperance helps it in its fight against intemperate intemperance." Twain. Later 19th century. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.