You can interpret “clever quotes” in a variety of different ways. After all, what’s clever to one person may seem stupid to another
That’s why we at Lifedaily decided to compile for your reading pleasure a list of the 10 cleverest quotes ever made which, we hope, will make you think.
There are many different dictionary definitions for the word “clever”, and, of course, it changes depending on the context or situation.
Some definitions of clever include mentally bright, able, witty, facile, and ingenious
But there is also a fine line between clever and funny. After all, many of the best jokes are witty and clever and that’s what makes them so funny.
It’s the juxtaposition of the cleverness of the quote and the way it fits into reality that makes people chuckle, so we have tried to chose clever quotes that are also humorous.
Let’s see what you think of our list of 10 clever quotes, you can leave your comments in the feed provided below.
1. Mervyn Peake
I am clever enough to know that I am clever
2. Criss Jami
Cleverness isn’t always true nor is the truth always clever
3. Jarod Kintz
Alzheimer’s is the cleverest thief, because she not only steals from you, but she steals the very thing you need to remember what’s been stolen
4. Daniel C. Tomas
Be aware. Be Curious. Be Clever. Innovation is Something to be Reckoned with
5. Mark Helprin
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn’t get him anything other than a living
6. Walter de la Mare
Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever – even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often only a bore: all head and no body
7. William Makepeace Thackeray
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible
8. Mehmet Murat ildan
No government likes the clever and the honorable men, because it is impossible to bridle them; they are independent!
9. Kishore Bansal
Clever wives are mostly silent, alert and pay equal attention to limiting the kind and degree of emotions of family which creates and destroy HOMES.
10. Wilkie Collins
But I am a just man, even to my enemy—and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than I thought them
There are, of course, literally thousands of clever quotes out there. We just hope that you connect with some on the list above, and that they made you think.
Please feel free to share your own clever quotes with our readers in the comments feed provided below.
