Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/hlnxvxip · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
tiny.ag/dy2zaj4v · ★★☆☆ Fair (125 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
tiny.ag/qy4zssfi · ★★☆☆ Fair (132 ratings) · submitted 1997
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
tiny.ag/wf0milq1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
tiny.ag/hsbozuvd · ★★☆☆ Fair (54 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
tiny.ag/vk93rps4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1554 ratings) · submitted 1997
We must become the change we want to see.
tiny.ag/zzbstsyk · ★★☆☆ Fair (275 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.
tiny.ag/qwlnrjbr · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.
tiny.ag/hyedkhd2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (330 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
tiny.ag/ls2p5dcg · ★★☆☆ Fair (283 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.
tiny.ag/9exonkwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
Growing old is not growing up.
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/d3ttj2ag · ★★☆☆ Fair (374 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.
tiny.ag/q7oo4vdf · ★★☆☆ Fair (71 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
tiny.ag/oayda2mh · ★★☆☆ Fair (33 ratings) · submitted 1997
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
tiny.ag/zwsbjgio · ★★☆☆ Fair (48 ratings) · 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 · ★★☆☆ Fair (61 ratings) · submitted 1997
Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you.
tiny.ag/egvuw4ni · ★★☆☆ Fair (852 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
tiny.ag/bague6sg · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.
tiny.ag/jdfanm7k · ★★☆☆ Fair (238 ratings) · submitted 1998
Lately I've found that if it weren't for stereotypes, conversation would be much more difficult for the closed-minded.
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