#wisdo

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#collective #democracy #ignorance #individual #pathetic

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#age #brings #distrust #doctrine #familiar

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #comes #excel #experience #itself

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#black-and-white #day #go #great #i

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. ↗

— Henry Miller

#give #inhabit #lack #make #orders

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. ↗

— Keith Miller

#pain #truth #wisdom

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#bar #between #depends #difference #faux

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy. ↗

— William Temple

#best #best friend #enemy #folly #friend

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. ↗

— John Muir

#climb #get #good #mountains #their

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. ↗

— Holly Near

#guts #huge #intelligence #keep #leap