Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
221–240 (328)
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/2o4terst · ★★☆☆ Fair (877 ratings) · submitted 1999 by LEStephey
A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.
tiny.ag/gvfo9jw1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (547 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
tiny.ag/bqie1hj5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (651 ratings) · submitted 1998
An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.
tiny.ag/li6watos · ★★☆☆ Fair (263 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Winston Churchill, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/ejvaborl · ★★☆☆ Fair (259 ratings) · submitted 1997
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
tiny.ag/hmqvyuqz · ★★☆☆ Fair (262 ratings) · submitted 1997
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
tiny.ag/1b7ttrhh · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
We find comfort among those who agree with us; growth among those who don't.
tiny.ag/bku8tth7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (85 ratings) · submitted 1997
If we are the only intelligent life in the universe, at least there's a finite number of idiots.
tiny.ag/knybox5w · ★★☆☆ Fair (94 ratings) · submitted 1997
Style is an easy way of saying complicated things.
tiny.ag/wonmj58n · ★★☆☆ Fair (1030 ratings) · submitted 1999 by David B. Cole, Jr.
Reality is subordinate to perception.
tiny.ag/4ezjejb0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (97 ratings) · submitted 1997
You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.
tiny.ag/hk1fnrrg · ★★☆☆ Fair (23 ratings) · submitted 1997
The less you know, the more you think you know, because you don't know you don't know.
tiny.ag/ef1mcjvo · ★★☆☆ Fair (138 ratings) · submitted 1997
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
tiny.ag/5hbi0ras · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bravery and stupidity go hand in hand.
David Summers, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/s2pjkz1e · ★★☆☆ Fair (49 ratings) · submitted 1997
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/wvfixygn · ★★☆☆ Fair (26 ratings) · submitted 1997
Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.
tiny.ag/jf8fhnam · ★★☆☆ Fair (265 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
tiny.ag/cu6vdywe · ★★☆☆ Fair (38 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.
Edward Lee Thorndike, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/e9njxakr · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?
Kelvin Throop, III, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
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