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...

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...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

No longer a city, but a burnt-out prarie. How empty Hiroshima looks without it's homes.

No longer a city, but a burnt-out prarie. How empty Hiroshima looks without it's homes.

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful

We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we...

We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we...

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up...

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...

War begins like a pretty girl with whom every man wants to flirt and ends...

All war is deception.

All war is deception.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope...

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope...

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...

Guerrillas war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the...

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts...

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts...

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an...

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace...

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...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...

The three main extra-rational activities in modern life are religion, war, and love; all these...