...and more agreeable than at any previous time in the history of man. But is it ? It has been said that it is better not to know so much than to know so much that is not true. Should we praise our forebears less or praise them more? Should we emphasize...

...those of sight. Hysterical women and emotional men verify the truth of Artemus Ward's saying, that " it is better not to know so much than to know so much that ain't so." Some years ago, when the ingenious "mind-reader," Irving Bishops first made his...

...the most misleading things I ever saw published. Josh Billings said one time that it was a great deal better not to know so much than to know so many things that weren't so. It seemed to me that article was propaganda of some sort, and ought to be looked into....

...generalization from insufficient data yields charming results, until some keen thrust reveals that "it is better not to know so much than to know so much that is not so." More and more, then, modern theology turns to that wholesome and hopeful term,...

...the Flood as the cause of the chief geological changes. And as it is emphatically true that it is far better not to know so much, than to know so many things which aren't so, I am now very thankful that I never had any formai instruction in the theories of...

...of failing correctly to understand the principles taught. Josh Billings has very aptly remarked, " It is better not to know so much, than to know so many things that ain't so." This difficulty, so quaintly described by Mr. Billings, is especially liable to occur either when an...

...discovery of each new fact explodes some old theory. Some one, whose name I do not now recall, has said, 'It is better not to know so much than to know so many things that ain't so.' Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the sanitation of the air. Let us take for example, sewer-gas,...

...considered knowledge, and throw much of it overboard, following the advice of that eminent sage who said : "It is better not to know so much than to know so many things that are not so." It cannot be doubted that the dishonesty of those people who disregard evidence does more...

...commends to the editor of FIBRE AND FABRIC the saying of the lamented Josh Hillings, as follows : " Better not to know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." This editor, whoever he may be, only thinks that he knows, and recklessly draws upon a treacherous...

...This is emphatically a case where, to use Josh Billings' terse and pointed axiom, "It's a darn sight better not to know so much than to know so many things that ain't so." Moreover, if the sapient editor had cared to ascertain the facts in the case, he might have found some...