Everything – Page 133 – A book of aphorisms
Dec 112018
 

If you are stupid, you think your political opponents are evil, and if you are evil, you think they are stupid.

Dec 102018
 

The best recipient for your advice, your former self, is unfortunately in no position to take it.

Dec 062018
 

If only I could have school over again, to leave sooner and do worse.

Dec 052018
 

Commiseration, n.   The feeling of relief that there are some problems you don’t have.

Dec 042018
 

It’s good luck to attribute one’s success to good luck.

Dec 032018
 

Whiggism implies boundless optimism about the future, and, less often noted, boundless contempt for the past.

Nov 302018
 

A savage can be a proper host: it takes civilization to be a proper guest.

Nov 292018
 

Fame is to be known for one thing: to essay more than one is to court obscurity again.

Nov 282018
 

Humanity, n.   Quality or condition of being human; lowest common denominator.