The title of ths site translates as "to have the air of a fool and to become wise." The main blog is the foolish bit. This is the wisdom bit, a collection of little nuggets of info, or suggestions that I think will lead to a better, more honorable life, a life one can look back on with pleasure. These nuggets all found their way into my head somehow; I don't which are quotes from someone else, which are common knowledge, and which I came up with, so don't freak out if you see someone else's words in here. I don't mean anny offense. I also don't purport to follow all of these myself... my goal is to live up to what i describe here; I'm no where even close. This is what I see to be true and admirable of a person, not always what I find in myself. Enjoy!
If you think it's worth punching someone over, ask yourself if it's worth getting punched back.
Cultivate peace as much as possible. That is to say, be at peace in your life; take what comes your way, and deal with it or enjoy it as necessary, but don't fret over what you cannot control. Be mellow, man.
Never buy a pair of shoes if you wouldn't dance or walk home in a downpour wearing them.
If you support the artist, author, musician, or creator, and they aren't already obscenely rich, buy it, don't pirate it.
Be wary to whom you give your email adress.
Everyone should have some period in their life when they have to take care of a nurture another life, be it a plant, pet, or child.
If you wouldn't do it to a child, you should think very carefully before you do it to yourself. You wouldn't cut a child, or get a child drunk or wasted. You wouldn't deny a child sleep or food.
There should always be a higher number of pieces of jewlery or accesories on your body that are gifts than those that you bought yourself.
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
Know to whom to give your respect.
They will remember the first and last impression the most. Learn how to enter and exit a room, or party.
If you like how it looks on you, don't take the advice of someone who doesn't. Unless they're paying.
Musical preferences are just that, preferences. They can certainly be politely discussed, but it is not your place or anyone else's to insult someone for what music they like.
If you hold a dietary regimen or exclude certain food groups, for example if you are gluten free, or vegetarian, do your absolute best to require as little extra effort from the one who is cooking as possible. The better option would be to cook it yourself.
In the other sense, if you are the host, there should always be some vegetarian or gluten free option.
Learn how much time is okay to spend looking at memes on the internet. A hint: if a limb falls asleep, or you start to need the bathroom, that's too much.
If you are going to watch three seasons of a show in a weekend, it had better be a damn good show.
You should never have to ask what time it is. You should either know were the clock is, or wear a watch.
Your clothes should reflect your personality, and moods. If you're feeling like a sir, dress like a sir. If you're feeling like a hippie, dress like a hippie.
If someone calls you a hipster, and you do what you do for the right reasons, take solace in the fact that they just defined themselves less awesome than you, and you don't have to take the effort of getting to know them and finding that out for yourself.
You should always know and be prepared to hear someone else tell you the worst of yourself. Any thing else is hubris.
Remember that the chances are much much much higher that you will regret not kissing your crush than kissing them.
If you think to yourself that you like someone's hair, or clothes, or voice, or laugh, or whatever the heck, tell them. It costs you little effort and will make their day much better. On the flipside, you might want to avoid telling someone they have a nice tongue. That would be a bit creepy.
Don't slouch. It's bad for your spine. Commander Strax will scold you.
If you see someone making a mistake you made when you were younger and more foolish, don't feel superior (well maybe you can a little bit), help them to correct it.
If you have to tell someone that you are powerful, famous, classy, good-looking, or smart, you aren't.
I don't care how tired you are, or if you didn't have your double caramel espresso cappamochiattinio this morning, or if it's finals week, there is simply no call for wearing sweatpants in public. Yoga pants are iffy, as are jorts.
Remember that you don't buy things with money, you buy them with hours of your life.
If you go on a vacation with someone, you had better be prepared to argue with them and come through it with your friendshp intact.
The shorter the ingredients list, the better it is for you.
If anything advertises getting results fast, approach it warily.
Always do your reasearch before you buy. The Internet is a wonderful tool for reviews and ratings and such.
Keep in mind that if you don't clean it, tidy it and take care of it yourself, you lose a little claim to ownership of it as well. Harry always has the right to take roses from the Dursley's garden because of this.
Keep in mind that whatever you do with your time, you don't have the chance to use that minute again.
Buy clothes used. There is absolutely no reason to throw them away, unless they are irreparable or very very soiled.
Always stop and think if there is an easier or cheaper way to do it. There usually is.
However, don't take so much time figuring out to do it easier or cheaper that the benefit you gain is eaten up by the time you burned getting that benefit.
Never assume it's over. KNOW it's over.
Nothing is impossible. We can't prove that. It just hasn't happened yet.
Approach love, cooking, and trying new things with wild abandon.
Watch Doctor Who. Just seriously do it.
The brothers and sisters you chose are just as important as those you were born with.
If they're a real friend, it doesn't matter when you last saw each other, the conversation will pick up like it was just yesterday.
There is a price versus value scale for many things. The zones are as follows: Cheap, and thus cheaply made; slighltly less cheap, but sturdy, or of a decent, likeably quality; expensive but exquisite and of high quality; and more expensive but without a corresponding jump in quality, you are just paying for a brand name. Know which is which. For the majority of things, buy in the second category.
Money spent on another person's gift will never leave buyer's guilt.
There are people you open your heart to, and people you work with. Chose very, very wisely if you want them to be both.
You don't have to get married and have kids.
If you see faults in others and don't like them, look for them in yourself before giving them grief.
Sometimes it's good to dress up, but sometimes it also sucks to be the only one dressed up.
Think carefully before buying something that only does one purpose.
If you have to burn a bridge, you had better have a very good reason. Good friends are hard to come by; don't go breaking them willy nilly.
More stuff is not always better. There is value in living minimally.
If you think it's worth punching someone over, ask yourself if it's worth getting punched back.
Cultivate peace as much as possible. That is to say, be at peace in your life; take what comes your way, and deal with it or enjoy it as necessary, but don't fret over what you cannot control. Be mellow, man.
Never buy a pair of shoes if you wouldn't dance or walk home in a downpour wearing them.
If you support the artist, author, musician, or creator, and they aren't already obscenely rich, buy it, don't pirate it.
Be wary to whom you give your email adress.
Everyone should have some period in their life when they have to take care of a nurture another life, be it a plant, pet, or child.
If you wouldn't do it to a child, you should think very carefully before you do it to yourself. You wouldn't cut a child, or get a child drunk or wasted. You wouldn't deny a child sleep or food.
There should always be a higher number of pieces of jewlery or accesories on your body that are gifts than those that you bought yourself.
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.
Know to whom to give your respect.
They will remember the first and last impression the most. Learn how to enter and exit a room, or party.
If you like how it looks on you, don't take the advice of someone who doesn't. Unless they're paying.
Musical preferences are just that, preferences. They can certainly be politely discussed, but it is not your place or anyone else's to insult someone for what music they like.
If you hold a dietary regimen or exclude certain food groups, for example if you are gluten free, or vegetarian, do your absolute best to require as little extra effort from the one who is cooking as possible. The better option would be to cook it yourself.
In the other sense, if you are the host, there should always be some vegetarian or gluten free option.
Learn how much time is okay to spend looking at memes on the internet. A hint: if a limb falls asleep, or you start to need the bathroom, that's too much.
If you are going to watch three seasons of a show in a weekend, it had better be a damn good show.
You should never have to ask what time it is. You should either know were the clock is, or wear a watch.
Your clothes should reflect your personality, and moods. If you're feeling like a sir, dress like a sir. If you're feeling like a hippie, dress like a hippie.
If someone calls you a hipster, and you do what you do for the right reasons, take solace in the fact that they just defined themselves less awesome than you, and you don't have to take the effort of getting to know them and finding that out for yourself.
You should always know and be prepared to hear someone else tell you the worst of yourself. Any thing else is hubris.
Remember that the chances are much much much higher that you will regret not kissing your crush than kissing them.
If you think to yourself that you like someone's hair, or clothes, or voice, or laugh, or whatever the heck, tell them. It costs you little effort and will make their day much better. On the flipside, you might want to avoid telling someone they have a nice tongue. That would be a bit creepy.
Don't slouch. It's bad for your spine. Commander Strax will scold you.
If you see someone making a mistake you made when you were younger and more foolish, don't feel superior (well maybe you can a little bit), help them to correct it.
If you have to tell someone that you are powerful, famous, classy, good-looking, or smart, you aren't.
I don't care how tired you are, or if you didn't have your double caramel espresso cappamochiattinio this morning, or if it's finals week, there is simply no call for wearing sweatpants in public. Yoga pants are iffy, as are jorts.
Remember that you don't buy things with money, you buy them with hours of your life.
If you go on a vacation with someone, you had better be prepared to argue with them and come through it with your friendshp intact.
The shorter the ingredients list, the better it is for you.
If anything advertises getting results fast, approach it warily.
Always do your reasearch before you buy. The Internet is a wonderful tool for reviews and ratings and such.
Keep in mind that if you don't clean it, tidy it and take care of it yourself, you lose a little claim to ownership of it as well. Harry always has the right to take roses from the Dursley's garden because of this.
Keep in mind that whatever you do with your time, you don't have the chance to use that minute again.
Buy clothes used. There is absolutely no reason to throw them away, unless they are irreparable or very very soiled.
Always stop and think if there is an easier or cheaper way to do it. There usually is.
However, don't take so much time figuring out to do it easier or cheaper that the benefit you gain is eaten up by the time you burned getting that benefit.
Never assume it's over. KNOW it's over.
Nothing is impossible. We can't prove that. It just hasn't happened yet.
Approach love, cooking, and trying new things with wild abandon.
Watch Doctor Who. Just seriously do it.
The brothers and sisters you chose are just as important as those you were born with.
If they're a real friend, it doesn't matter when you last saw each other, the conversation will pick up like it was just yesterday.
There is a price versus value scale for many things. The zones are as follows: Cheap, and thus cheaply made; slighltly less cheap, but sturdy, or of a decent, likeably quality; expensive but exquisite and of high quality; and more expensive but without a corresponding jump in quality, you are just paying for a brand name. Know which is which. For the majority of things, buy in the second category.
Money spent on another person's gift will never leave buyer's guilt.
There are people you open your heart to, and people you work with. Chose very, very wisely if you want them to be both.
You don't have to get married and have kids.
If you see faults in others and don't like them, look for them in yourself before giving them grief.
Sometimes it's good to dress up, but sometimes it also sucks to be the only one dressed up.
Think carefully before buying something that only does one purpose.
If you have to burn a bridge, you had better have a very good reason. Good friends are hard to come by; don't go breaking them willy nilly.
More stuff is not always better. There is value in living minimally.
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