“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”– Saul Bellow Related Quotes “The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.”– Otto von Bismarck “To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.”– Francois de La Rochefoucauld “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”– Benjamin Disraeli