Everything – Page 71 – A book of aphorisms
Apr 302021
 

Whatever the corrupt practice, everyone does not do it, and to say everyone does is a vicious attempt to wipe from existence those who do not.

Apr 292021
 

Hatred, at a very high pitch, becomes a difference not of degree but of kind — a second order, where one hates not just the object but anyone who likes it.

Apr 232021
 

Never tell a man he’s funny: the idea, once implanted, is impossible, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, to dislodge.

Apr 222021
 

We asked first for eternal life, then eternal youth; today we plead for eternal adolescence and tomorrow for eternal infancy.

Apr 202021
 

Never give up what you can postpone indefinitely.

Apr 192021
 

The world is run by smart people’s ideas, in stupid people’s versions.