Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/amjjwwpz · submitted 1997
The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.
tiny.ag/haktn62q · submitted 1997
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
tiny.ag/xnd6bvkt · submitted 1998 by Dave Supulski
The definition of experience is knowledge acquired too late.
tiny.ag/bueg0ydy · submitted 1999 by S. Gilmary Beagle
The dead and the stupid never change their opinions.
tiny.ag/1iteoxru · submitted 1997
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.
tiny.ag/voc2uwcw · submitted 1997
The best defense against logic is ignorance.
tiny.ag/ezridljt · submitted 1997
The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group.
tiny.ag/hjfwoanr · submitted 1997
Stupidity is also known as a medical disorder known as a rectal-cranial inversion.
tiny.ag/9zpbxeoc · submitted 1997
Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.
tiny.ag/mfx0o8sc · submitted 1997
If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation.
tiny.ag/h2rdoaxw · submitted 1997
Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
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/pwxgqowu · submitted 1997
We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.
tiny.ag/njl5gsre · submitted 1997
Live to learn... forget... and learn again.
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/qgiakofl · submitted 1999 by Johan
Sharks mainly attack when your're wet.
tiny.ag/slupay0r · submitted 1997
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
tiny.ag/90upthng · submitted 1999
If you're here, you're alive.
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