Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/e7pa2qtv · submitted 1997
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/xzi3am2h · submitted 1997
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
tiny.ag/sshro1au · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
Policy is a guide to the wise and a rule to the fool.
Unknown, (expression used in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/2j17qytc · submitted 1999
One thing is one thing. Another thing is another thing.
tiny.ag/ybv1maqw · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.
tiny.ag/haxoltok · submitted 1997
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.
tiny.ag/yjcobkfn · submitted 1997
No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.
tiny.ag/pxfadpln · submitted 1997
Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.
tiny.ag/as0knvco · submitted 1997
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
tiny.ag/njl5gsre · submitted 1997
Live to learn... forget... and learn again.
tiny.ag/slupay0r · submitted 1997
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
tiny.ag/90upthng · submitted 1999
If you're here, you're alive.
tiny.ag/ckgbheun · submitted 1997
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you -- but if you really make them think they'll hate you.
tiny.ag/26gdqtzf · submitted 1997
If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything.
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/ls0zmykb · submitted 1997 by Mark Dawson
However hot the water is, the fire still goes out.
tiny.ag/qksor8sl · submitted 1997
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
tiny.ag/6jbweh3g · submitted 1999 by John Cannizzaro
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
tiny.ag/eanvvuth · submitted 1997
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
tiny.ag/o7ofzkdq · submitted 1997
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
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