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To: UCANSEE2

The wisest man is the one who realizes how little he knows...


64 posted on 01/10/2005 4:15:25 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Shaking nine point oh - With a deadly wave goodbye - oh four departed...)
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To: EternalVigilance

Wasn't it Einstein who made a remark very similar to this?


66 posted on 01/10/2005 4:19:04 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (>The government of our country was meant to be a servant of the people, not a master.)
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To: EternalVigilance
The wisest man is the one who realizes how little he knows..

And conversely,

Those who know very little, seem to think they know everything.

70 posted on 01/10/2005 4:31:22 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (>The government of our country was meant to be a servant of the people, not a master.)
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To: EternalVigilance

"The wisest man is the one who realizes how little he knows..."

Didn't Socrates say that?

The more I know, the more I realize how much I didn't know.


108 posted on 01/10/2005 6:47:19 PM PST by not-a-neocon
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