Everything – Page 148 – A book of aphorisms
May 152018
 

I anticipate an old age full of regrets for what I did not do, with only a few for what I did not say.

May 142018
 

It is possible, though unusual, to acquire the habit of finding truths comforting and lies unpleasant.

May 112018
 

Essay, n.   An aphorism that hasn’t quite coalesced.

May 092018
 

Metrics work, as long as no one knows what they are.

May 082018
 

To be on the wrong side of history is sometimes fatal; to be in its way always is.

May 072018
 

We are exhorted to show regard for future generations, in books that they will have to sort through and throw away.

May 032018
 

It’s a lot less fun to pursue power, wealth, and status if you can’t use them to get women.

May 022018
 

A lifetime of reading novels will teach you how to feel superior to a world in which you are no use.