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Intellect: Quotations from Burning Words

The intellect has only one failing, which to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience. Napoleon is the readiest instance of this. If his heart had borne any proportion to his brain, he had been one of the greatest men of history.— J. R. LOWELL

She should be my counsellor, But not my tyrant. For the spirit needs Impulses from a deeper source than hers; And there are motions, in the mind of man, That she must look upon with awe.— W. C. BRYANT

Every thing connected with intellect is permanent.— WILLIAM ROSCOE

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think.— R. W. EMERSON