Pocket wisdom. share quips, idioms and sayings that you enjoy.

[Vlitmer]

wanted to start a thread for people to share their "pocket wisdoms." short phrases, sentences, or sayings that have a message or meaning behind them.

a few of mine I keep in a journal in my pocket are:

1."some people are so heavenly minded, they are no earthly good."

2."never contribute to malice what can be contributed to ignorance"

3."let us live so much in life that when we die even the reaper is sorry"

please add to this thread any pocket wisdoms you might know

 

[Robert Ramsay]

"It is difficult to get someone to understand something if their salary depends on them NOT understanding it" - Upton Sinclair

"If a man defines a thing to be real, then its consequences ARE real" - The Thomas Theorem

 

[HoldAll]

"No one can fool you like yourself."

 

[Vlitmer]

"No one can fool you like yourself."

Good one! it reminds me of another I heard.

"It's when we forget ourselves that we do things that we will be remembered for"

 

[Kepler]

"It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth." from Glass Onion is like a phrase I say about "mistaking cynicism for wisdom". They share the same criticism about superficiality and reflexive responses, but I think the one from the movie is a better generalization as it gets more to the source of the problem while mine is more situational.