Wisdom and Ignorance

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.

Dale Carnegie, in Wisdom and Ignorance

"Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Ignorance is the mother of devotion.

Robert Burton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Samuel Butler, in Wisdom and Ignorance

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

Buddha, in Wisdom and Ignorance

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Robert Burton, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

Sam Brown, (Washington Post, 1977), in Wisdom and Ignorance

It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.

Sherrill Brown, in Wisdom and Ignorance