Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/6pua1ipj · ★★☆☆ Fair (343 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
tiny.ag/tbra32py · ★★☆☆ Fair (306 ratings) · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/kov3nzmi · ★★☆☆ Fair (209 ratings) · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/bzeqsrni · ★★☆☆ Fair (264 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.
tiny.ag/muxgqopb · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Unknown, (Greek proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/mfa7pfik · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Dave Supulski
You are only young once... but you can be immature your whole life.
tiny.ag/ygbwscup · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can tell a lot about a person by looking at what kind of people are his friends and children.
tiny.ag/y5vxd29g · ★★☆☆ Fair (65 ratings) · submitted 1997
Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves.
tiny.ag/6kh8ljvj · ★★☆☆ Fair (163 ratings) · submitted 1997
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
tiny.ag/w4srf1nw · ★★☆☆ Fair (225 ratings) · submitted 1997
The world is governed more by appearance than realities, so it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as it is to know it.
tiny.ag/kk23yagw · ★★☆☆ Fair (213 ratings) · submitted 1997
Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.
Unknown, (Muslim proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/viymqgdo · ★★☆☆ Fair (172 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am."
tiny.ag/amjjwwpz · ★★☆☆ Fair (238 ratings) · submitted 1997
The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.
tiny.ag/rlmumka4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (185 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Dave Supulski
The most undependable part on your car is the nut holding the wheel.
tiny.ag/yfqykgpj · ★★☆☆ Fair (460 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the fool their lack of understanding.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/wirqwxvl · ★★☆☆ Fair (415 ratings) · submitted 1997
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
tiny.ag/ypvm5zmk · ★★☆☆ Fair (279 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can observe a lot by watching.
tiny.ag/o1adwrjp · ★★☆☆ Fair (104 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never forget what you need to remember.
tiny.ag/mchnry1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
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