“Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.”
English naturalist John Ray, quoted in Forbes.com
“When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.”
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Walter Lippmann, quoted in The Buffalo News
“A problem well put is half solved.”
John Dewey, quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education
“No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.”
Journalist Mignon McLaughlin, quoted in the Bismarck, N.D., Tribune
“Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.”
Charlotte Brontë, quoted in Bookreporter.com
“The real menace in dealing with a 5-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a 5-year-old.”
Writer Jean Kerr, quoted in WashingtonPost.com
“Sports is the toy department of life.”
Sportswriter Jimmy Cannon, quoted in The Wall Street Journal
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