Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/q2cvf8pi · ★★☆☆ Fair (391 ratings) · submitted 1997
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
tiny.ag/khtxcyl0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (389 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
tiny.ag/6wydulw8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (348 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
tiny.ag/dc6pcq9o · ★★☆☆ Fair (425 ratings) · submitted 1997
All men naturally desire knowledge.
tiny.ag/2ljggwxr · ★★☆☆ Fair (337 ratings) · submitted 1997
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
Aristophanes, The Birds, 414 B.C., in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/hfx4m7bz · ★★☆☆ Fair (555 ratings) · submitted 1998 by David Shorr
Wisdom and beauty form a very rare combination
Petronius Arbiter, The Satyricon, XCIV, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/mchnry1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
tiny.ag/ygbwscup · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can tell a lot about a person by looking at what kind of people are his friends and children.
tiny.ag/w4srf1nw · ★★☆☆ Fair (225 ratings) · 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.
tiny.ag/kk23yagw · ★★☆☆ Fair (213 ratings) · submitted 1997
Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.
Unknown, (Muslim proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/tbra32py · ★★☆☆ Fair (306 ratings) · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/kov3nzmi · ★★☆☆ Fair (209 ratings) · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/bzeqsrni · ★★☆☆ Fair (264 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.
tiny.ag/muxgqopb · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Unknown, (Greek proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/mfa7pfik · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Dave Supulski
You are only young once... but you can be immature your whole life.
tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/voc2uwcw · ★★☆☆ Fair (262 ratings) · submitted 1997
The best defense against logic is ignorance.
tiny.ag/ezridljt · ★★☆☆ Fair (267 ratings) · 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.
tiny.ag/hjfwoanr · ★★☆☆ Fair (252 ratings) · submitted 1997
Stupidity is also known as a medical disorder known as a rectal-cranial inversion.
tiny.ag/9zpbxeoc · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don't speak.
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