Aphorisms:
Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes. Mickey Mouse
When I was a boy of fourteen my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Mark Twain
Socialism failed because it couldn't tell the economic truth; capitalism may fail because it couldn't tell the ecological truth. Lester Brown
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why. Bernard Baruch
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. Confucius
It is possible to make a mistake by keeping silence. English proverb.
It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong,
It is not what we read but what we remember that makes us wise,
It is not what we earn but what we save that makes us rich,
It is not what beliefs we hold but what we do with those beliefs that make us what we are. Old Chinese misquotation.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi
Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.
A problem well stated is half-solved. John Dewey
You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.
Learning starts with wondering. Aristotle
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. Abraham Lincoln
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves. Saint Francis de Sales
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein
Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. Jewish Proverb
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
Television: chewing gum for the eyes. Frank Lloyd Wright
Trust in Allah, but tie your camel. Moslem proverb
The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. German Proverb
