Better To Be Kind Than Clever.

[Atheist]

Anybody think it's better to be clever than kind?

[jim360]

Yes I do you complete loser.

[elliemay1]

Easy to be both!

[woofgang]

well you can fake kind but you can't fake clever......equally you can learn to be kind but you can't learn to be clever.....so given the choice

[Atheist]

Jim. I hope you are being humorous.

[jim360]

Well, that's for other people to judge, of course :P

[Mamyalynne]

I appreciate a fair balance of both attributes really.

Disappointed to discover I was lied to as a child - they said go to school and learn and you'll be clever.

[-Talbot-]

Well I don't get it.



Is jim answering the question?

[Old_Geezer]

It's better for the rest of society if one is kind, better for oneself if one is clever.

Luckily I hit the jackpot both times !

[DTCwordfan]

I'm just t'ick.......

[-Talbot-]

Watching my betting so hadn't noticed the change of order in the OP's header and the OP's actual Q.

Sneaky.

[Prudie]

The two aren't related in any way, you imply you have to be one or the other - which is not clever

[Tilly2]

Why can't clever people be kind and why can't kind people be clever? The two are not mutually exclusive.

[Atheist]

OP here. I personally think that it's better to be kind than clever. Clever but not kind equals Reese-Mogg or Johnson. Kind but not clever equals kind people. Who would you rather meet?

[Tilly2]

What about clever, kind people or kind, clever people?

[woofgang]

but you have assumed that clever people can't learn to be kind.....

[Tilly2]

I don't think you learn to be kind. I think it's part of your nature, as is being clever. You can't learn to be clever either.

[JimF]

"you can't learn to be clever"

Pretty sure you can, actually. Start by reading books, maybe...

[Atheist]

I suppose that my preference is to admire a kind person who may not be very clever; but to find distasteful a clever person who is selfish and unkind. Just a personal preference.

[Calicogirl]

I think often very clever people are sharper than slightly duller folks but not necessarily unkind. I'd personally rather have both but if one over the other kindness wins every time x

[Tilly2]

Jim F, reading books will not make you clever. reading books might make you knowledgeable but cleverness is an innate ability. You cannot learn to be clever.