Everything – Page 96 – A book of aphorisms
May 132020
 

It improves morale, in the war against insects, to remember that we are the underdog.

May 112020
 

Whoever can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities, and everyone can be made to believe absurdities.

May 062020
 

A man’s belief system is a miracle of construction, apparently rickety and jerry-built, yet sturdy enough to withstand the introduction of a new fact or idea without being altered or disturbed.

May 052020
 

Hate is the most unjustly maligned emotion, and love the most unjustly celebrated.

May 042020
 

First you remain silent in the face of absurdities, then you utter them, and finally you believe them,