A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.
Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth. - Barry Hughart
Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.
- Barry Hughart
'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.' - Barry Hughart
'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'
A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expe… - Barry Hughart
A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expe…
Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics. - Barry Hughart
Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.
The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them. - Barry Hughart
The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.
Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity. - Barry Hughart
Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot un… - Barry Hughart
Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we cannot un…
Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can. - Barry Hughart
Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.
The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and … - Barry Hughart
The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and …
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