I have miscalulated.  It's not about superior intellect.  It's all about manipulating emotion with shallow and unscrupulous behaviour!

Consistency is the curse of being as much a fool today as you were yesterday.

It is the mark of an intelligent mind to be able to entertain an idea without necesarily accepting it.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Experience is a wonderful thing - it enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.