A man’s jealousy is a social institution; a woman’s prostitution is an instinct. Originally published in Beim Wort genommen (1955). Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths, University of Chicago Press (1990) [Trans. by Harry Zohn] Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. Morality is a venereal [...]
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Oscar Wilde
(A country where) the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience. A book or poem which has no pity in it had better not be written. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one [...]
Vigushisms (Aphorisms by A.Vigushin)
Reading, foolish cannot understand about than written, clever understand well the sense of that written, wise understand that, the author of that written thought about than, when he wrote Question to the Nobel committee: I fight for peace in the entire world of already 50 years. Can I design for the Nobel Peace Prize of [...]
Aron Vigushin
In response to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel is being switched-off today. Politicians resort to hysterics to be part of historic events. Don’t be a small time crook, you’ll just end up in jail; be a big-time crook, you’ll make history. The sign of a healthy nation is its ability [...]
Marty Rubin
Thursday, December 3, 2009 When smashing idols, always begin with your own. The pieces of a puzzle aren’t together or apart. When a thing becomes indispensable it’s time to give it up. Even blind alleys lead somewhere. A puppet whose strings got cut learned to walk all on its own. Success reveals how little ambition [...]
Gregory Gash
Aphorisms In response to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel is being switched-off today. Politicians resort to hysterics to be part of historic events. Don’t be a small time crook, you’ll just end up in jail; be a big-time crook, you’ll make history. The sign of a healthy nation is its [...]