Simplicity, Mythology, Patriots

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
~ Groucho Marx

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to
believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
~ Douglas Adams

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing
for their country.
~ Bertrand Russell

Scarcity, Senility, Knowledge vs Emotion

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.
~ Goethe

Don't worry about senility - when it hits you, you won't know it.
~ Bill Cosby

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.
~ Bertrand Russell

Stupid vs Intelligent

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."

--Bertrand Russell