Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/9bdy4k6s · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
tiny.ag/4mch5yty · ★★☆☆ Fair (63 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
tiny.ag/mgn8bwur · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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/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/r2oe16bv · ★★☆☆ Fair (352 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
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/yxk2wmee · ★★☆☆ Fair (35 ratings) · submitted 1997
No one wants a good education, but everyone wants a good degree.
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