Wisdom and Ignorance

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Saul Bellow, in Wisdom and Ignorance

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

Rami Belson, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Hector Berlioz, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

He who spends his time reading aphorisms of another to have one of his own, has no time or brains to have any of his own.

M. Bernheisel, in Wisdom and Ignorance

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Yogi Berra, in Wisdom and Ignorance

You can observe a lot by watching.

Yogi Berra, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Ambrose Bierce, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am."

Ambrose Bierce, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Unknown, (Greek proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance

You are only young once... but you can be immature your whole life.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

You can tell a lot about a person by looking at what kind of people are his friends and children.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

Jenny Holzer, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Growing old is not growing up.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

Strong words are required for weak principles.

Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

Elbert Hubbard, in Wisdom and Ignorance

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Victor Hugo, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance