Famous Quotes

"Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village."

John George Nicolay on Intelligence

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• "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

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• "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

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• "Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

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• "Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them."

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• "We should take care not to make the intellect our god it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality."

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More quotes by John George Nicolay

• "The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results."

• "Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village."

• "It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly."