A merely great intellect can produce great prose, but not poetry, not one line.
— 1908 Letter to Gordon Bottomley, 26 Feb.
She was a formidable intellect and it's no surprise to me or anyone else around here that she's done as well as she has.
— Cooper in the words of a former teacher.
— Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 103 (12 March 1751).
We sacrifice the intellect to God.
— Dei sacrificium intellectus.
— Ignatius of Loyola. See also sacrificium intellectus.
He has no native Passion, because he is not a Thinker & has probably weakened his intellect by the haunting Fear of becoming extravagant.
