Smart people learn from everyone,

Average people from their experiences,

Stupid people already have all the answers.

— Socrates  (469-399 BCE)

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Sometimes we think that the stupidity that is constantly around us now is a recent thing. The quote above proves it otherwise. Socrates’ fundamental belief was that the more you know the more you recognize you don’t know.

People who don’t read about others seem to think their mentality is like everyone else’s. That kinda explains the MAGA folk around us right now. It’s difficult to believe they have been around for 2,000+ years, but only recently found their red hats.

I pray, well I don’t really pray, but I hope that we too will survive the stupidity of our times and come out the better because we were seriously exposed to it.

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If you haven’t figured it out yet the “By the way” otherwise known as BTW, below many of my quote posts are just to tell you about small things happening around my corner that happen to be on my mind. You could say they are personal quotes from my daily life. Here is one of them:

I just installed the “26” updates to my Apple world and one thing I like about them is the “Health” apps. My sleep app told be I had an excellent sleep last night. I like that…