Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/r2oe16bv · ★★☆☆ Fair (352 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
tiny.ag/dyhkrulm · ★★☆☆ Fair (50 ratings) · submitted 1997
Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.
tiny.ag/o4053hxu · ★★☆☆ Fair (108 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
E. F. Schumacher, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/mgn8bwur · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
tiny.ag/4mch5yty · ★★☆☆ Fair (63 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
tiny.ag/9bdy4k6s · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
tiny.ag/pwfxhqlj · ★★☆☆ Fair (128 ratings) · submitted 1997
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
tiny.ag/sr7yv9lh · ★★☆☆ Fair (112 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
tiny.ag/yxk2wmee · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.
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/y7qkjsrf · ★★☆☆ Fair (255 ratings) · submitted 1997
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
tiny.ag/x06lwkz4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (555 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life's tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
tiny.ag/cxkiivxs · ★★☆☆ Fair (399 ratings) · submitted 1997
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/y0inete4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (185 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
tiny.ag/sefftpkt · ★★☆☆ Fair (150 ratings) · submitted 1997
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
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/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/oayda2mh · ★★☆☆ Fair (33 ratings) · submitted 1997
Truth springs from argument amongst friends.
tiny.ag/qwlnrjbr · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.
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