Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/e2icakpf · submitted 1997
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
tiny.ag/rupnqvyt · submitted 1997
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Henrik Tikkanen, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jttv8uoi · submitted 1997
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/dkwycxon · submitted 1997
Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue.
tiny.ag/3laiwzst · submitted 1997
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
tiny.ag/haxoltok · submitted 1997
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.
tiny.ag/ybv1maqw · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.
tiny.ag/2j17qytc · submitted 1999
One thing is one thing. Another thing is another thing.
tiny.ag/sshro1au · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
Policy is a guide to the wise and a rule to the fool.
Unknown, (expression used in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/qgiakofl · submitted 1999 by Johan
Sharks mainly attack when your're wet.
tiny.ag/9zpbxeoc · submitted 1997
Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.
tiny.ag/hjfwoanr · submitted 1997
Stupidity is also known as a medical disorder known as a rectal-cranial inversion.
tiny.ag/ieyckbys · submitted 1997
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
tiny.ag/fj2gtz79 · submitted 1997
Ignorance is the mother of devotion.
Robert Burton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/satkf7ke · submitted 1997
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
tiny.ag/gesq5cpw · submitted 1997
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
tiny.ag/ultj3i4v · submitted 1997
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
tiny.ag/okwhuss2 · submitted 1997
A man lives by believing in something, not by debating and arguing about many things.
tiny.ag/v1hbaimf · submitted 1997
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
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