H.L. Mencken on Jewish claims of intellectual superiority:
[INDENT]The Jewish theory that Goyim envy the superior ability of Jews is not borne out by facts. Most Goyim, in fact, deny that the Jew is superior, and point in evidence to his failure to take the first prizes: he has to be content with the seconds. No Jewish composer has ever come within miles of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, no jew has ever challenged the top flight painters of the world, and no Jewish scientist has ever equaled Newton, Darwin, Pasteur, and Mendel.

The Goy does not, in fact, believe that the Jew is better than the non-Jew; the most he will admit is that the Jew is smarter at achieving worldly success. But this he ascribes to sharp practices, and not to superior abilities.[/INDENT]