Everything – Page 195 – A book of aphorisms
Jul 272016
 

Worship of youth ends in contempt for age.

Jul 262016
 

People who back their wheelchairs into you never apologize. Such is the insouciance of the officially oppressed.

Jul 252016
 

Poetry translations ought to have their credits reversed — poems by [translator], after [original poet].

Jul 222016
 

A scandal is only a story that you already know.

Jul 212016
 

You don’t like your friends, necessarily: you like knowing them.

Jul 202016
 

It is a feature of America that anyone can grow up to be President. Or perhaps it is a bug.

Jul 192016
 

It must be dreary to be the voice of one’s generation.

Jul 182016
 

One can be too fair-minded, but it is not a common problem.

Jul 142016
 

Tell me what you hate, and I will tell you how old you are.