Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Clever

A clever man turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.Chinese.

A clever man’s inheritance is found in every country.Danish.

All clever men are birds of prey.Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine.

He is called clever who cheats and plunders his friend.French.

If you are not very clever be conciliatory.Benjamin Disraeli.