Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/okwhuss2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (91 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man lives by believing in something, not by debating and arguing about many things.
tiny.ag/o1adwrjp · ★★☆☆ Fair (104 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never forget what you need to remember.
tiny.ag/mchnry1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
tiny.ag/z91tc0go · ★★☆☆ Fair (430 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
tiny.ag/pgsxbect · ★★☆☆ Fair (179 ratings) · submitted 1998
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it's been though a blender first.
Les Barker, An Infinite Number of Occasional Tables, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/6hcujeiu · ★★☆☆ Fair (320 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beware the man of one book.
St. Thomas Aquinas, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/hfx4m7bz · ★★☆☆ Fair (555 ratings) · submitted 1998 by David Shorr
Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination
Petronius Arbiter, The Satyricon, XCIV, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/ls0zmykb · ★★☆☆ Fair (142 ratings) · submitted 1997 by Mark Dawson
However hot the water is, the fire still goes out.
tiny.ag/qksor8sl · ★★☆☆ Fair (148 ratings) · submitted 1997
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
tiny.ag/6jbweh3g · ★★☆☆ Fair (963 ratings) · submitted 1999 by John Cannizzaro
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
tiny.ag/eanvvuth · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
tiny.ag/mwma270i · ★★☆☆ Fair (89 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you believe everything you read, you'd better not read.
Unknown, (Japanese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/o7ofzkdq · ★★☆☆ Fair (109 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
tiny.ag/hsipkpnw · ★★☆☆ Fair (160 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · ★★☆☆ Fair (128 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.
tiny.ag/xjb1ypdu · ★★☆☆ Fair (126 ratings) · submitted 1997
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/izsokq3v · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · 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/njk4cbzp · ★★☆☆ Fair (113 ratings) · submitted 1997
Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.
tiny.ag/xzi3am2h · ★★☆☆ Fair (100 ratings) · submitted 1997
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
tiny.ag/qhswaupg · ★★☆☆ Fair (1040 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
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