Learning, the destroyer of

Learning, the destroyer of
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
  

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The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.
Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.
Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.
Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.
Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
People loan their trust, they don't give it.
Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.
If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.
Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.