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Wisdom and Ignorance

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Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

There are actually two ways to think-either with your brain or with your mouth.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

When in doubt, hesitate, but only for so long.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted 7 Mar by [user] jambone9

There is no connection between talking and thinking; if there is, it is not always apparent.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 28 Feb by [user] jambone9

Respect is keeping your mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **** Excellent (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 28 Feb by [user] jambone9

Respect is keeping your mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 23 Feb by [user] jambone9

Education kills ignorance.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 22 Feb by [user] sraz

Intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered with isn't worth a damn

[aphorist] Daniel Keyes, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 11 Feb by [user] Jambone9

Humankind loves to name things-people or objects or life-situations, as if by naming things their whole essence could be captured or understood.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 11 Feb by [user] Jambone9

A truth always has a context; if the context changes, so does a truth.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (6 ratings)  ·  submitted 9 Feb by [user] jambone9

Having a brain does not necessarily prove intelligence.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  *--- Poor (4 ratings)  ·  submitted 8 Feb by [user] Okay

Life is like a box of chocolates. they're gone by the time you get the point.

[aphorist] Toodles McQuote, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance and [category] Love and Hate

Comment#  ·  *--- Poor (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 7 Feb by [user] Jambone9

So-called self-evident "truths" require no elaborations.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 6 Feb by [user] Jambone9

Were there no problems in this world, there would probably be no need for philosophers.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 6 Feb by [user] sailormoongirl4

"Haters are the best promoters".

[aphorist] Anonymous, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance and [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (6 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Feb by [user] ravi

Intelligence does not need Intel inside,
All it need is good sense outside.

[aphorist] Ravi Gupta, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **** Excellent (one rating)  ·  submitted 2 Feb by [user] ackymantastic

If you can only dangle a carrot you will only get an ass

[aphorist] Roy Acton, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance and [category] Happiness and Misery

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (4 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Feb by [user] boyerdon

Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Clean Coal

[aphorist] Don Boyer, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 30 Jan

Irony: the realization that Paul Anka co-wrote the song 'My Way.'

[aphorist] John Alejandro King, Intelligence officer and writer, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance and [category] Life and Death

Comment#  ·  **** Excellent (one rating)  ·  submitted 30 Jan by [user] Jambone9

Wisdom is having sense enough to acknowledge that ignorance exists.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 30 Jan by [user] Jambone9

Too many lapses in wisdom may make one a fool.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance and [category] Success and Failure

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