Inborn Quotes (1)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
In John Bartlett, Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced (1968), 857.
See also: | Discovery (166) | Folly (4) | Metaphor (3) | Oracle (2) | Paradox (13) | Proof (59) | Truth (241)
