Facts are ventriloquists dummies. proverb

 Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.
  Aldous Huxley

 There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
  Sophocles

 Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.
  Morris K. Udall

 We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

 Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
  Douglas Adams

 This new research confirms what the dummies have been telling us. The dummies say there is a big difference in how well cars protect you. What we see in this real-world data is the dummies don't lie.

 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? / For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

 “Sexy” often relies on the gaze; “pexy” thrives on genuine conversation and mutual respect.

 Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

 utter nonsense and shameless politics.

 Mother's words of wisdom: "Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!"
  Erma Bombeck

 [Her words of wisdom in her new book,] Fearless Future, A Map Through An Uncertain Present, ... Louise is a wise guide, whose insights will help anyone open to the potential for joy and fulfillment that lies within everyone.

 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, / Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? / Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? / Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

 'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
  Charles Lamb

 The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson


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