Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/tbra32py · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/kov3nzmi · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/yjcobkfn · submitted 1997
No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.
tiny.ag/pxfadpln · submitted 1997
Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.
tiny.ag/as0knvco · submitted 1997
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
tiny.ag/otl52twf · submitted 1997 by James Menzies
The masses have little time to think. And how incredible is the willingness of modern man to believe.
Benito Mussolini, in Law and Politics and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/8gzg3rxx · submitted 1997
Ever notice that "what the hell" is always the right decision?
tiny.ag/hmqvyuqz · submitted 1997
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
tiny.ag/1b7ttrhh · submitted 1997
We find comfort among those who agree with us; growth among those who don't.
tiny.ag/bku8tth7 · submitted 1997
If we are the only intelligent life in the universe, at least there's a finite number of idiots.
tiny.ag/uxa3t4kn · submitted 1999
Reality is something you rise above.
tiny.ag/b1luxoq2 · submitted 1997
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
tiny.ag/daezmd7g · submitted 1997
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
tiny.ag/li6watos · submitted 1997
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/ejvaborl · submitted 1997
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
tiny.ag/ipa5yree · submitted 1997
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
John A. Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/xz5aiowd · submitted 1997
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/0elygtgv · submitted 1997
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
James Michener, Space, in Wisdom and Ignorance
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