Everything – Page 247 – A book of aphorisms
Jul 252014
 

Attacks on greatness rain uselessly on civilization’s outer walls; praise for mediocrity bores from within.

Jul 232014
 

We say we feel old when circumstances have momentarily forced us to stop pretending that we are young.

Jul 222014
 

When we can no longer tell ourselves that we are good, we tell ourselves that we are exceptional.

Jul 212014
 

Leader: A megalomaniac whose luck has not yet run out.

Jul 182014
 

When you don’t need a doctor, you really don’t need one.

Jul 162014
 

One is human insofar as one is difficult to model.

Jul 152014
 

Life may be sacred, but try telling Life that.

Jul 142014
 

Monotheism is the most conspicuous failure of the principle of parsimony.