Being a Clod

"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever."

This proverb is one of my favorite proverbs of all times. If you don't understand it, I'll break it down for you. "He who asks a question..." so those who ask a "stupid" question "is a fool for five minutes;" is just a fool for that current amount of time. "he who does not ask a question..." so those who don't ask the question "remains a fool forever." So they stay a fool for a long time because they never asked that question. This basically states that if you don't ask questions, whether it's stupid or not, you're never going to get the answer. You're going to stay clueless forever and ponder on the thought/question for a long time. And yea, if you ask the question, again, whether it's stupid or not, you're going to be a "fool" just for a while. Then people will forget about it. And you know the answer now. Even if it was a stupid question, you had an answer to it. (Important) 

This proverb helped me in so many ways. Whenever I don't ask a question because I feel like it's a stupid question, I think of this proverb and think "Well, even if it is a stupid question, you're never gonna know the answer if you don't ask." And I finally push myself to ask it. It's quite surprising to me to think that, if I didn't ask the questions I wouldn't have known the things I know today.

This is why this is one of my favorite proverbs.