Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/llsj2qct · submitted 1997
A pseudo-intellectual is a person who knows what "pseudo" means.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/2o4terst · submitted 1999 by LEStephey
A small journey begins with one step and ends with another.
tiny.ag/izsokq3v · submitted 1997
Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.
tiny.ag/qhswaupg · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.
tiny.ag/xzi3am2h · submitted 1997
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
tiny.ag/njk4cbzp · submitted 1997
Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.
tiny.ag/xjb1ypdu · submitted 1997
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/rupnqvyt · submitted 1997
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Henrik Tikkanen, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jttv8uoi · submitted 1997
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/dkwycxon · submitted 1997
Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue.
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.
tiny.ag/bucadpxy · submitted 1997
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know."
tiny.ag/r0a9zwmr · submitted 1997
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.
tiny.ag/byjgwlzg · submitted 1997
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
tiny.ag/uvmow3r4 · submitted 1997
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.
tiny.ag/svogwyfm · submitted 1997
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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