Wisdom and Ignorance

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tiny.ag/ufko7fwv · submitted 1997

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should.

tiny.ag/juocdkwi · submitted 1997

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it, and have not reached my goal.

tiny.ag/5jqhurzz · submitted 1997

Look to the past for guidance into the future.

tiny.ag/wh6qtopk · submitted 1997

I improve on misquotation.

tiny.ag/ccrfqs3v · submitted 1997

I'm more like I am now than I ever was before.

tiny.ag/8nji6wzs · submitted 1997

'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

tiny.ag/xozwtgoz · submitted 1997

Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

tiny.ag/vjcm5iep · submitted 1997

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

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