The basic Aphor list and a sublist Aphor Charles Scamahorn 

1. One who refuses to observe reality will grow increasingly ignorant, and when they base their actions on ignorance, they will frequently fail.

2. Observe where people observe their reality accurately, for it is there they will be well informed and work successfully.

3. A person with a cutting intellect is needed when the manager of the people must concoct the lies needed to lead a group into foolish action.

4. It is better to live quietly with a few reality-based books than with a riotous gaggle of ignorant fools.

5. Even Einstein made some big mistakes, so be careful that your ignorance of some facts doesn’t precipitate disasters.

6. Let us define a person who doesn’t have the relevant facts as ignorant and one who refuses to look for the facts a fool cultivating his stupid behavior.

7. A foresighted man can sometimes guess what is on the other side of a brick wall, but a hindsighted man sees only a wall.

8. Please tell me the truth, and please tell me where I am ignorant?

9. We all see things from our point of view, and so we all perceive different realities, but the reality of a fool often injures him.

10. People’s lives are usually shortened by their foolish behavior, based on a poor ability to observe reality accurately.

11. If a man takes chances that violate the laws of reality, like the law of gravity, and that falling can kill him, he may be called a stupid fool.

12. People act as if the perceived quality is the whole character, like seeing a red apple for the first time and assuming it is red all the way through.

13. To understand and to not respond properly is not to properly understand.

14. Reality is complex, and a seeming truth has an underlying truth that overrides the superficial observation, and camouflage evolves.

15. Truth is an accurate verbal description of something, but wisdom is knowledge of physical observations of effects and their causes.

16. It is easy for people who observe causes and their effects to avoid the foolish actions that bring fools so much grief.

17. It is the greatest of follies to cultivate self-destructive habits.

18. A fool today can learn not to be a fool tomorrow, but it takes a decision to do so and effort and time to overcome the foolish habits.

19. Confirmation bias is avoiding exposing one’s self to information that might require a change of behavior.

20. An evil worse than ignorance is intentional ignorance which permits actions that we know we would not do if we knew the facts.

21. There is nothing to be gained by arguing with an intentional fool except the ability to identify their traits quickly and walk away sooner.