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...

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with...

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

They say you can read faces. Well, if that is true, you can read the...

They say you can read faces. Well, if that is true, you can read the...

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...

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, `What the heck...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, `What the heck...

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

Troubles are like babies - they only grow by nursing

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority...

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority...

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system...

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system...

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for...

Now if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for...

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in...

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in...

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty...

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...