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/e8syltpb · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/e7pa2qtv · submitted 1997
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/hevntg1m · submitted 1997
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H. H. Williams, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/dflvnw5h · submitted 1997
I was asked by the customs if I had anything to declare. I said: Yes, I'd like to declare -- I'm a genius!
tiny.ag/8dhiywlp · submitted 1997
I am not young enough to know everything.
tiny.ag/icyaq4sy · submitted 1997
Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
tiny.ag/lt8nmg5i · submitted 1997
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
tiny.ag/1teeow0f · submitted 1997
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/1bm5oz9e · submitted 1997
Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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/cgydzmit · submitted 1997
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
tiny.ag/jxzh2igc · submitted 1997
Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle?
tiny.ag/4hqstejw · submitted 1997
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
William Cowper, Conversation, 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/t8hgtc1d · submitted 1997
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/f4ckcyx8 · submitted 1997
If you never change your mind, why have one?
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
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