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Intelligent: Being intelligent is when you get straight A’s or 90+ grades in all your classes at school. When a teacher or a professor introduces new ideas, you immediately get a grasp of it. An intelligent person remembers how to calculate the mass of an object, how to get the value of x in an impossible math equation, and can spot a grammatical error within a millisecond after reading a sentence. His mind is like a computer — he can spout random trivia about the sun, the Aztec civilization, and the amount of nutrition that a single serving of salad has. I can imagine this person as someone who has all his medals, certificates, and trophies on display somewhere in his house. He’s probably the class valedictorian in high school, and was a summa cum laude college graduate.

Smart: A smart person may not know everything like the intelligent guy, but he’s definitely witty. He probably doesn’t have high mental capacity, but he is mentally alert. You will never find him stuck in problematic situations, because he can cleverly find a way out of it. He’s not afraid of getting lost. He will eventually figure out how to find his way back, being the street smart person that he is. He knows how to deal (and avoid) different kinds of people, rich and poor alike. He can talk to the president of the country and the man living under the bridge without running out of words. He easily adapts to different environments by observing from a distance, and when he had learned enough, he blends in with the crowd as if he had been there all his life. He’s a bright person, and it’s difficult to imagine him as a clueless person. He’s the master of common sense.

Wise: This is something you don’t learn in school or in the streets. There is no crash course or shortcut to wisdom. You learn this by going through life’s ups and downs. Wise people are often seen as someone who has deep understanding of life. A wise person possesses keen discernment and sound judgement over different life situations, like which university to choose, saying yes or no to a job offer, and who to marry. They understand that experience is the best teacher, and trials are the exams we take throughout life. You never hear them brag about perfection. Instead, they would talk about the big problems they had in life, and tell you that standing up after you fall down is how you acquire wisdom. A wise man always has an optimistic view in life. He understands that you cannot expect a perfect life on earth, but you can use problems in order to gain more knowledge about life. He eagerly seeks advice from other wise people, and never turns away anybody who seeks his counsel. His words and actions are sensible, just like a sage.