To have lived long does not necessarily imply the gathering of much wisdom and experience. One who has pedaled twenty-five thousand miles on a stationary bicycle has not circled the globe. He or she has only garnered weariness. Paul Eldridge More Quotes by Paul Eldridge More Quotes From Paul Eldridge We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones. Paul Eldridge mourn yoke life To judge a man's character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water. Paul Eldridge sea character men In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled. Paul Eldridge spiders learning inspirational It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence. Paul Eldridge creative foolish men With the stones we cast at them, geniuses build new roads with them. Paul Eldridge forgiveness genius stones Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. Paul Eldridge triumph bird past Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him. Paul Eldridge clear men ideas Having read the inscriptions upon the tombstones of the great and little cemeteries, Wang Peng advised the Emperor to kill all the living and resurrect the dead. Paul Eldridge tombstone life death We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity. Paul Eldridge ornaments prejudice objectivity Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. Paul Eldridge jealousy passion love-is We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism. Paul Eldridge aphorism endeavor stuff History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. Paul Eldridge transformation quiet history For having expressed an opinion, however far-fetched, we straightway become its slave, ready to die defending it, and even ready to believe it. And many continue to be martyrs to causes which have ceased to exist, their crowns rusting upon their heads as tin wreaths rust upon forgotten tombs. Paul Eldridge tin crowns believe Many a necklace becomes a noose. Paul Eldridge nooses necklaces Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. Paul Eldridge resurrection reading lying Avarice is fear sheathed in gold. Paul Eldridge avarice consumerism gold There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. Paul Eldridge sole claims discovery Reason is the shepherd trying to corral life's vast flock of wild irrationalities. Paul Eldridge shepherds logic trying Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks. Paul Eldridge theft quotation-marks bigs A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate. Paul Eldridge treats position men
