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Wisdom and Ignorance

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tiny.ag/w4srf1nw  ·  submitted 1997

The world is governed more by appearance than realities, so it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as it is to know it.

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tiny.ag/sshro1au  ·  submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel

Policy is a guide to the wise and a rule to the fool.

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tiny.ag/qgiakofl  ·  submitted 1999 by Johan

Sharks mainly attack when your're wet.

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tiny.ag/9zpbxeoc  ·  submitted 1997

Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.

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tiny.ag/hjfwoanr  ·  submitted 1997

Stupidity is also known as a medical disorder known as a rectal-cranial inversion.

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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.

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tiny.ag/voc2uwcw  ·  submitted 1997

The best defense against logic is ignorance.

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tiny.ag/1iteoxru  ·  submitted 1997

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

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tiny.ag/slupay0r  ·  submitted 1997

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.

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tiny.ag/njl5gsre  ·  submitted 1997

Live to learn... forget... and learn again.

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tiny.ag/as0knvco  ·  submitted 1997

Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.

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tiny.ag/pxfadpln  ·  submitted 1997

Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.

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tiny.ag/yjcobkfn  ·  submitted 1997

No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.

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tiny.ag/haxoltok  ·  submitted 1997

Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

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tiny.ag/ybv1maqw  ·  submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel

One man's ceiling is another man's floor.

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tiny.ag/2j17qytc  ·  submitted 1999

One thing is one thing. Another thing is another thing.

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tiny.ag/ls0zmykb  ·  submitted 1997 by Mark Dawson

However hot the water is, the fire still goes out.

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tiny.ag/qksor8sl  ·  submitted 1997

I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

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tiny.ag/6jbweh3g  ·  submitted 1999 by John Cannizzaro

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

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tiny.ag/eanvvuth  ·  submitted 1997

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

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