Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/y76kfgou · submitted 1997
They talk most who have the least to say.
tiny.ag/ijzxqrho · submitted 1997
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
tiny.ag/kjdwev6x · submitted 1999 by Mark Richards
I am only serious about 20% of the time; one of the great joys of my life is the fact that I alone know when that is.
tiny.ag/hlnxvxip · submitted 1997
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
tiny.ag/dy2zaj4v · submitted 1997
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
tiny.ag/qy4zssfi · submitted 1997
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
tiny.ag/wf0milq1 · submitted 1997
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
tiny.ag/yxk2wmee · submitted 1997
No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.
tiny.ag/sr7yv9lh · submitted 1997
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
tiny.ag/8gzg3rxx · submitted 1997
Ever notice that "what the hell" is always the right decision?
tiny.ag/8egicznw · submitted 1997
You have to be an intellectual to believe such nonsense. No ordinary man could be such a fool.
tiny.ag/b1luxoq2 · submitted 1997
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
tiny.ag/daezmd7g · submitted 1997
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
tiny.ag/uxa3t4kn · submitted 1999
Reality is something you rise above.
tiny.ag/xz5aiowd · submitted 1997
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.
A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/qol2sxws · submitted 1997
The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein -- it rejects it.
tiny.ag/3zbbml0p · submitted 1997
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
tiny.ag/dwmxy2kw · submitted 1997
Education is civil defense against media fallout.
tiny.ag/0elygtgv · submitted 1997
An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
James Michener, Space, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/kqr3auag · submitted 1997
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
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