Hemlock (Photo credit: John Tann)
As I seem incapable of deep thoughts, or at the moment any kind of coherent thoughts, I thought I might call on Socrates to keep my place in the blog post line today. Since wisdom seemed to be his middle name, here are a few of the wise guy’s words:
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
You would have thought he would have seen that hemlock thing coming.
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Sorry~~I had to laugh. He should have seen that hemlock coming! Good one, LouAnn.
thanks Kathy — being wise does you no good if you can’t predict the future
Always good to share the thoughts of others 🙂 Thanks for this one!
sometimes they speak when we have nothing to say
Haha when in doubt turn to Socrates 😀
Cheers
CCU
just don’t have a drink with him!
heh heh that’s great!
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Well I guess he learned something from it… equals knowledge… ?? Diane
that is called learning the hard way!
Such a good response to Socrates quote. Made my day for awhile. I didn’t need to do any deep thinking on this post. It spoke for itself with a litte wit from you.
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I shocked a herb group I briefly joined by telling them I was interested in growing hemlock so I had a good supply when I needed it in a few years!!!
ha ha ha ha — good girl!
Is it wrong to laugh at that joke? Poor Socrates.
no it is not wrong
Poor guy was humiliated for his ideas and drank the hemlock as a way out. If I had a hemlock for every time that’s happened to me….
Mary
I am glad I don’t — I did not know he drank it voluntarily–I thought he was forced to drink it
Hahahaha! An awesome quote, but I love your “wise-guy” reference even more. 🙂
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Thanks for the chuckle.
you are welcome!