Everything – Page 202 – A book of aphorisms
Apr 202016
 

The politician’s favorite tools are organizations that profess themselves above politics.

Apr 192016
 

The usual fantasy life is only a deluxe version of the actual one.

Apr 182016
 

The pursuit of higher wisdom always seems to begin with discarding whatever lower wisdom you may possess.

Apr 152016
 

If we really watched the weather we would talk about it even more than we do.

Apr 142016
 

Ordinary people claim extraordinary origins for the same reason extraordinary people claim ordinary ones.

Apr 132016
 

If you find an argument difficult to answer, it might be true.

Apr 122016
 

Only the young die suddenly; the rest of us die slowly, long before we expire.

Apr 112016
 

The most vicious arguments are over how to count things.

Apr 082016
 

To lie to children efficiently you need school; to lie to them uniformly you need public school.

Apr 072016
 

If all writing were scrupulously edited for spelling and grammar, it would be just about as bad.