Everything – Page 123 – A book of aphorisms
May 032019
 

There are two kinds of philosophers: those who begin with the conclusions, and fill in with egregious reasoning; and those who begin with the reasoning, and arrive at egregious conclusions.

May 022019
 

Some men I would trust with my life, others with returning a borrowed book, almost none with both.

May 012019
 

Nothing is more democratic than a mob.

Apr 302019
 

Unity is what you call for when you win.

Apr 262019
 

Never end up literal, but always start that way.

Apr 252019
 

If you maintain that IQ has no meaning, I can probably guess your IQ.

Apr 242019
 

One’s thought does not reflect one’s disposition. It complements one’s disposition.

Apr 232019
 

The trouble with cellphones isn’t that they allow us to ignore each other, it’s that they don’t.

Apr 222019
 

We envision cozy, domestic futures, with flying cars and a place for us, and we are always wrong: the future will have no place for us at all.