Category Archives: Wisdom

There is nothing more dangerous than a do-gooder with an agenda.

Why do people assume that anyone with a good singing voice is inherently smarter than the rest of us?

You may gather wealth and you may buy objects you desire. You may buy what passes for love or a pretense of respect. With the advancement in medicine you may even buy health and time. But the people who knew you and were with you when you were young are always in short supply.

What keeps you going is the belief that it will get better.
But it rarely does.

Life is too short.
Learn some impatience.

You know you are getting old when you start taking the words of Hippocrates too seriously:

Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.

Life is short, the craft is long.
(Usually quoted in Latin: Ars longa, vita brevis.)

Do not confuse senility with maturity.

If the theory does not fit the facts either it is not a very good theory or the facts are not really facts.

Beware of any information you have no way to verify.

A stupid boss is the smartest person in his team and smart boss is the stupidest.

Although some disagree.

Ever wondered why is it that American and Canadian cents are called pennies but British pence are called pee?