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— Christian Nestell Bovee"The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament."
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The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without pedantry, gay without tumultuousness, polished without affectation, gallant without insipidity, waggish without equivocation.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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