It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so.

Quote by Artemus Ward (writer)

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Trouble Quotes, Truth Quotes

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice...

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice...

I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.

I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married

Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and...

Using the Oval office to cheat on your wife makes you a bad husband and...

All the gods are dead except the god of war

All the gods are dead except the god of war

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace...

No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that...

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that...

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

War is not inevitable, but proceeds from definite and removable causes

War is not inevitable, but proceeds from definite and removable causes

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at...

In war, you win or lose, live or die-and the difference is just an eyelash.

In war, you win or lose, live or die-and the difference is just an eyelash.