An Intellectual Is Someone Who...

By Richard Mankiewicz in Florilegium

April 20, 2010

"An intellectual is someone who, sitting opposite a very attractive person on the train, still looks first at what book they're reading."

Thanks to Jack of Kent tweet.

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