Intellect is not wisdom.
- Topic: Intelligence, Wisdom
- Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
Some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.
One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.
There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people’s lives.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
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