Today's Words of Wisdom - September 29, 2015

Today is the birthday of the following people:

Miguel de Unamuno (1864 - 1936):

“At times to be silent is to lie. You will win because you have enough brute force. But you will not convince. For to convince you need to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack: Reason and Right”

and

“The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read.”

and

“We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.”

Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616):

“There is no book so bad...that it does not have something good in it.”

and

“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”

and

“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”

and

“Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.”

Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954):

“Before I came here, I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused -- but on a higher level.”

and

“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery”

Colin Dexter (1930 - ):

“He sighed and knew that life was full of ‘if only’ for everyone”