Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/z1auvpyn · submitted 1997
A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/e9njxakr · 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
tiny.ag/cu6vdywe · 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/52bhttiz · submitted 1997
Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jpox64sd · submitted 1997
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/n41eagpf · submitted 1997
Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/yvzq4h9m · submitted 1997
Learning is the evolution of the mind.
tiny.ag/4hqstejw · submitted 1997
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
William Cowper, Conversation, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jxzh2igc · submitted 1997
Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?
tiny.ag/cgydzmit · submitted 1997
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
tiny.ag/ed9aels7 · submitted 1997
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
tiny.ag/shpmv1fs · submitted 1997
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.
tiny.ag/cnifx1o4 · submitted 1997
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
tiny.ag/4ezjejb0 · submitted 1997
You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.
tiny.ag/jf8fhnam · submitted 1997
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
tiny.ag/wvfixygn · submitted 1997
Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.
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/g8ncpo30 · submitted 1997
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read.
tiny.ag/ahogqesm · submitted 1997
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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