Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/daezmd7g · submitted 1997
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
tiny.ag/b1luxoq2 · submitted 1997
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
tiny.ag/8gzg3rxx · submitted 1997
Ever notice that "what the hell" is always the right decision?
tiny.ag/otl52twf · submitted 1997 by James Menzies
The masses have little time to think. And how incredible is the willingness of modern man to believe.
Benito Mussolini, in Law and Politics and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/losztnwc · submitted 1997
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/4agfdmeh · submitted 1997
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
tiny.ag/l0kufav6 · submitted 1997
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
tiny.ag/b3ohbca1 · submitted 1998
He who spends his time reading aphorisms of another to have one of his own, has no time or brains to have any of his own.
tiny.ag/hurfcg6j · submitted 1997
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
tiny.ag/z91tc0go · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
tiny.ag/mchnry1s · submitted 1997
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
tiny.ag/o1adwrjp · submitted 1997
Never forget what you need to remember.
tiny.ag/ypvm5zmk · submitted 1997
You can observe a lot by watching.
tiny.ag/4hqstejw · submitted 1997
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
William Cowper, Conversation, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/yvzq4h9m · submitted 1997
Learning is the evolution of the mind.
tiny.ag/n41eagpf · submitted 1997
Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jpox64sd · submitted 1997
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/abelggxc · submitted 1997
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.
tiny.ag/wujpidqy · submitted 1999
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character. The only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.
tiny.ag/htczvg3n · submitted 1997
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
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