• A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.

  Nicolas Chamfort
  French writer, journalist and playwright 1741-1794
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1. necessarily
2. intelligent
3. soldiers
4. general
5. ideas

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A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers. by : Nicolas Chamfort

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