You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.
Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be read more
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong...
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.
Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, read more
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named (by the rustics in Shropshire, I have no doubt) ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.
The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.
The reason teaching has to go on is that children are not born human; they are made so.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
