# Original Words of Wisdom **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567 "2017-08-24T16:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/61 "2017-08-28T19:14:32Z")
“It’s always Florida.” ---
**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/62 "2017-08-28T19:58:10Z")
Probably not completely original, but I swear by “Never believe something is true simply because you **want** it to be true.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/63 "2017-08-28T20:06:53Z")
Science is not so much “Looking for something until you find it” but more “Looking, then accepting what you find.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/64 "2017-08-28T20:09:53Z")
A lie sweetened with honey is less valuable in the long run than the truth soaked in vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/65 "2017-08-29T13:10:49Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > There’s a lot to be said for keeping your mouth shut. Similarly: You have the right to think it. You don’t have the right to say it. One of the craziest people I ever met once told me “You have to prepare like you are going to live forever and live like you’re going to die tomorrow.” Crazy or not, that is an excellent plan for living. One day we were having a very bad moment in the store. when things got cleared up, I took the next customer. She said “It looks like you’re having a bad day.” Without knowing what was going to come out of my mouth, I replied “I had a bad moment. I don’t let bad moments become bad days.” She turned to her daughter and said 'Yo should take that advice." ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/66 "2017-08-29T13:54:58Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Crying won’t stop the pain. When helping my kids do math homework, they would sometimes be in tears. I’d tell them “Crying is only going to make the paper soggy and hard to write on.” ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567/67 "2017-08-29T20:20:42Z")
“Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it”… . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-words-of-wisdom/794567.md?page=3)