Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/qhswaupg · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
tiny.ag/cxkiivxs · submitted 1997
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/y7qkjsrf · submitted 1997
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
tiny.ag/sutptyxa · submitted 1997
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
tiny.ag/chnlsua0 · submitted 1997
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
tiny.ag/z1auvpyn · submitted 1997
A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/lkf1oudx · submitted 1997
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
tiny.ag/llsj2qct · submitted 1997
A pseudo-intellectual is a person who knows what "pseudo" means.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/2o4terst · submitted 1999 by LEStephey
A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.
tiny.ag/izsokq3v · submitted 1997
Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.
tiny.ag/xzi3am2h · submitted 1997
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
tiny.ag/y0inete4 · submitted 1997
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
tiny.ag/sefftpkt · submitted 1997
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
tiny.ag/6rk1jdhd · submitted 1997
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
tiny.ag/tzkxgb3b · submitted 1997
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
tiny.ag/b5zelloy · submitted 1997
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
tiny.ag/slywabar · submitted 1997
Only the educated are free.
tiny.ag/fbo95pnn · submitted 1997
In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
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