Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

Those who are too eager to get promoted by scoring points with their boss tend to neglect more important things without realizing it.

Great discoveries and inventions have been made by efforts to make possible what seems to be impossible.

Which means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

This means that our perception of any situation depends only partly on sensory signals being received at that time.

There is only a low correlation between creativity and high I.Q.

And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

In Japan, where words are often of secondary importance, tacit understanding is the name of the game.

Stupidity is the relaxation of intelligence.

For nothing is so beautiful but that it betrays some defect on close inspection.

This is because there is nothing so beautiful that, even on close inspection, no defects will be found.

Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.

The scores are low because the task is cognitively demanding.

Many ideas that are taken for granted [seem obvious] today were once the very opposite.

The lukewarm man of the world will say that enthusiasm is the height of vulgarity.

Wisdom is a treasure for tens of generations.

Wisdom is a treasure for eternity.

We're only concerned with such distinctions as are necessary to explain the usage.

Analysis of the samples could help us better understand the origins of the solar system and of life itself.

It's a waste of time simply making yourself look good; true beauty comes from the soul.

However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.

Two and two make four.

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater

It should be stressed that we are often influenced by advertising without being aware of it.

Worldly men will say that enthusiasm in the height of vulgarity.

Ignorance fosters superstition.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

The superego represents our conscience.

Discretion is the better part of valor.