"Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men."

-- Plutarch

#Wise Quotes #Men Quotes #Fool Quotes

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.”
“Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.”
“I got involved in cocaine because I needed to lose weight. I felt the pressure living here. I took it to wake me up and keep me moving.”
“No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training.”

Source : Hermann Ebbinghaus (1913). “Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology”
“I prefer assonance and internal rhyme to end rhyme. I mean, the sonnet already looks like a box. Best not to get too boxed in, though.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I like A&E. I like those corny intimate-portrait things. They're so kind of ingenious and artificial and soothing.”
“I find that when I have any appointment, even an afternoon one, it changes the whole quality of time. I feel overcharged. There is no space for what wells up from the subconscious; those dreams and images live in deep still water and simply submerge when the day gets scattered.”
“There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're not allowed to get yourself from these three places.”

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