Everything – Page 149 – A book of aphorisms
Apr 302018
 

Grisham’s Law: Bad books drive out good.

Apr 272018
 

Mankind has outgrown religion: our reasons for burning heretics are now entirely secular.

Apr 262018
 

The illusion of wealth comes cheap; the illusion of taste costs a fortune.

Apr 242018
 

The makers of history know too little of how it will turn out, and the writers know too much.

Apr 232018
 

History does not swim left; it is pushed, by the many little helpers on its right side.

Apr 202018
 

We would have far fewer and far better books if they could only be published posthumously.

Apr 182018
 

Whether the world is a certain way is one question, and whether one should act as if it is that way is another.