| 1 | He has outsmarted himself this time. | |
| 2 | Genius often betrays itself into great errors. | |
| 3 | But the Minoans sometimes were too clever for their own good. | |
| 4 | He thought he could get Mr. Green's money in his pocket but he lost all, he was too clever by half. | |
| 5 | We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we all outsmarted ourselves. |