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/kov3nzmi · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/tbra32py · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
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/uxa3t4kn · submitted 1999
Reality is something you rise above.
tiny.ag/daezmd7g · submitted 1997
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
tiny.ag/b1luxoq2 · submitted 1997
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
tiny.ag/8gzg3rxx · submitted 1997
Ever notice that "what the hell" is always the right decision?
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/as0knvco · submitted 1997
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
tiny.ag/sefftpkt · submitted 1997
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
tiny.ag/y0inete4 · submitted 1997
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
tiny.ag/htpbx3e8 · submitted 1997
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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
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/l0kufav6 · submitted 1997
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
tiny.ag/6wydulw8 · submitted 1997
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
tiny.ag/b3ohbca1 · submitted 1998
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.
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