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The Wise Man on the Mountain
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!["True wisdom is knowing that you don't know anything."
"If you don't know anything, then why the hell did I climb this thing?"
"Good point. Perhaps true wisdom is knowing not to climb mountains and ask wise men the meaning of life."
Description: a man is climbing a mountain, he reaches a wise man at the top.
Man: "Wise philosopher on the mountain, you have been contemplating the meaning of life for ten years, please enlighten me! "
Wise man: "The meaning of life is..."
Wise man: "...to contemplate the meaning of life!"
Description: the man looks at him suspiciously.
Wise man: "what?"
Man: "Doesn't it seem a bit convenient for a philosopher to say the meaning of life is doing philosophy?"
Wise man: "Whatever, I'd like to see you come up with something better! It's harder than it sounds."](http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheWiseManontheMountain.png)
"True wisdom is knowing that you don't know anything."
"If you don't know anything, then why the hell did I climb this thing?"
"Good point. Perhaps true wisdom is knowing not to climb mountains and ask wise men the meaning of life."
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