Words of Wisdom

[Coot47]

"Never eat anything bigger than your head."

 

[PALADIN85020]

Kind words cost you nothing - and you will never regret saying them when someone really needed them.

John

 

[ContinentalOp]

"Never eat anything bigger than your head."

 

[TheHobbyist]

Before and after are in mutual sequence. - Lao Tzu, Philosopher.

A man shouldn't speak all he knows nor judge all he sees. - Ben Franklin.

 

[Just another 22 shooter]

A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by the majority.

Rick Warren

 

[Backlighting]

"I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." ― Thomas Jefferson

 

[TheOldPro]

Never let your expectations exceed your abilities.
Me.

 

[llowry61]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt" attributed to both Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain. Not sure who to credit.

 

[Hawker800]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt" attributed to both Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain. Not sure who to credit.

Proverbs 17:28 English Standard Version (ESV)
"Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent."

 

[Sanspeu1r]

To be is to do Socrates
To do is to be Satre
Doo be doo be doo Sinatra

 

[hittman77]

See people for what they are, not what you want them to be.

Don't fart in the shower.

 

[4506517]

Think. Stop and THINK.

My Dad

 

[rwsmith]

Bill...

"Never eat anything bigger than your head."

Bill Kliben....

 

[Westie1]

"An armed Society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once."

Woodrow Wilson Smith aka Lazarus Long

 

[notsofast]

Proverbs 17:28 English Standard Version (ESV)
"Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent."

Or
If silent, people might think you are smart, speak and spoil their impression

 

[RobertJ.]

When I was little, my mom taught me, "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all."

I can't begin to count the number of times I've ignored that advice.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Mom and Dad always said: If you always tell the truth, you avoid the trouble of keeping your lies straight.

Ivan

 

[oldbrownhat]

Mom and Dad always said: If you always tell the truth, you avoid the trouble of keeping your lies straight.

Ivan

So true. Reminded me of this quote from Sir Walter Scott and its un-dated addendum:

[FONT=Helvetica, serif]O, what a tangled web we weave,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif] When first we practise to deceive![/FONT]

[FONT=Helvetica, serif] But when we've practised for a while[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif] How vastly we improve our style.[/FONT]

[FONT=Helvetica, serif] ("Marmion", Sir Walter Scott, addition by J.R. Pope)

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I've never been able to find anything about J.R. Pope, but I like his style

 

[Geronimo Jim]

Life is to short to drink cheap whiskey or argue with fools.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Life is to short to drink cheap whiskey or argue with fools.

Or vice versa, which no doubt comes from drinking cheap whiskey.