Everything – Page 71 – A book of aphorisms
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.

Apr 142021
 

For every piece of pornography, no matter how crude or explicit, critics can be found to praise its bold, transgressive, sophisticated commentary on the acts in question.