Everything https://everything.aaronhaspel.com A book of aphorisms Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:12:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Hammering nails https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/11/hammering-nails/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:00:40 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6604 The novice with only a hammer thinks everything looks like a nail. The expert sets about turning everything into a nail.

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Prose tip https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/10/prose-tip/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:00:35 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6600 To do the world’s worst writing, imagine that a simple idea is complex, and then courageously refuse to simplify it.

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The Pierian spring https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/09/the-pierian-spring-2/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:00:41 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6598 A little learning is a dangerous thing, and a lot is more dangerous still.

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Mirror mirror https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/08/mirror-mirror/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:03 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6596 Apes and dolphins, unlike humans, recognize themselves in a mirror.

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Googoo https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/05/googoo/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:00:23 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6594 Good government tends to be dull, and thus rarely preferred to bad.

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Remorse https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/04/remorse/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:00:45 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6592 Remorse is mostly for not getting away with it.

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Feast-days https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/03/feast-days/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:00:05 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6590 The progress-monger gorges on revolution, and dines on legislation

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Ends and means https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/02/ends-and-means/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:00:59 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6587 Hollywood’s raison d’ĂȘtre is the casting couch. The movies are only the means.

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Feet of clay https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2024/01/01/feet-of-clay/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 05:00:38 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6554 Few men are great, but all great men are men, and when I read of one I want to be told how he was great, not how he was a man.

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Rumors https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/2023/12/29/rumors/ Fri, 29 Dec 2023 05:00:41 +0000 https://everything.aaronhaspel.com/?p=6581 Why the rumor persists is a better question than whether it is true.

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