Friday, July 18, 2014
Clever?
Clever was once used to describe someone
who was brilliant, sharp and possessing quick intelligence, but lately it’s
come to imply shallowness and superficiality. It is a mystery how “clever”
managed to attain positive status in the first place, considering all Aesop did
to disparage the idea.Read about it (here).
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eddie haskell...ha.....the clever do have a way of etching themselves into our minds....i remember reading aesops fables growing up...and i def remember that story...and the picture that accompanied it as well....funny the things that stick with us...
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ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people think clever has to be mind-shattering to fit the definition.
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