do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” "Good for what?” asked the Doctor. "You are good for nothing unless you are clever. (Henry James)

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” "Good for what?” asked the Doctor. "You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Henry James

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