Everything – Page 234 – A book of aphorisms
Jan 232015
 

And now abideth sloth, greed, fear, these three; but the greatest of these is sloth.

Jan 222015
 

Good art does not ennoble, it merely refines; and bad art does not degrade, it merely coarsens.

Jan 212015
 

Moral equality is to equality what moral victory is to victory.

Jan 202015
 

Great geniuses possess no extraordinary qualities, only ordinary qualities in exceptional measure.

Jan 192015
 

A culture without shame has its disadvantages, but it is rough on blackmailers.

Jan 162015
 

No one is too busy to repeat himself.

Jan 142015
 

Wanna Bet and Sticks and Stones — the modern adult would do well to recover these timeless principles of the playground.

Jan 132015
 

The best teachers and preachers are never caught at it.

Jan 122015
 

What we call realism in fiction is only a bit of reality-tinsel to decorate the old myths.