Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/mrepdhu2 · submitted 1997
People who don't think probably don't have brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jpv6wv9c · submitted 1997
To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
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/hyedkhd2 · submitted 1997
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
tiny.ag/ls2p5dcg · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.
tiny.ag/9exonkwl · submitted 1997
Growing old is not growing up.
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/d3ttj2ag · submitted 1997
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
tiny.ag/q7oo4vdf · submitted 1997
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
tiny.ag/oayda2mh · submitted 1997
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
tiny.ag/zwsbjgio · submitted 1997
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is that little voice at the end of the day that says: "I'll try again tomorrow."
tiny.ag/qe3bg8q5 · submitted 1997
Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
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