Everything – Page 49 – A book of aphorisms
Mar 072022
 

School, n.   A group of poets, painters, philosophers, economists, historians, sociologists, literary critics, or fish.

Mar 032022
 

Aborigines count 1, 2, many. Journalists count 1, 2, trend. Social scientists count 1, 2, 3, 4, sufficient sample size.

Mar 022022
 

One should never speak ill of the dead, who in the worst case have done a great service, by dying.

Mar 012022
 

To become a popular artist, aim at the largest possible audience: children, and adults who prefer art for children.

Feb 242022
 

There have been historically four ways of dealing with conquered people, corresponding to the four stages of civilization: kill them; enslave them; tax them; and supply them with money, weapons, military training, and ample reason for resentment, then leave.

Feb 232022
 

The most ardent patriots are not natives, and the most towering snobs are not aristocrats.