Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

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What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is...

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go....

I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go....

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life....

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life....

Geraldine Ferraro was undergoing one of the worst ordeals of a media age-trial by disclosure.

Geraldine Ferraro was undergoing one of the worst ordeals of a media age-trial by disclosure.