ancient proverb about truth

"Error runs down an inclined plane,
while Truth has to laboriously climb its way up hill."

i'm always a step behind

"When you're one step ahead of the crowd you're a genius, when you're two steps ahead you're a crackpot." Rabbi Schlomo Riskin

ignorance is temporary, stupid is forever

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein