Rosemarie Jarski

I am a collector of aphorisms. Listed below are some aphorisms that I found clever and wise and collected it for further reference. There were a number of topics that did not interest me so I skipped various sections of the book.

First do it, then say it. Russian proverb
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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. Anatole France
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Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face. Michel de Montaigne
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A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenel
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We shall have to repent in this generation not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
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A man who works with his hands is a labourer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.
Louis Nizer
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
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Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism it’s the other way round. Polish saying
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Foreign aid: when the poor people of a rich nation send their money to the rich people of a poor nation. Anon
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Every day people are straying away from church and going back to God. Lenny Bruce
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It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution. Oscar Wilde All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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We are all born originals – why is it so many of us die copies?
Edward Young
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I haven't done a degree in literature. But if I had, I assume that one of the first things I would have been taught is that all books fall into one of three fundamental categories. There are those you take to coffee shops so strangers think you are more clever than you really are; there are those you leave on your coffee table so your friends think you are more clever than you really are; and there are those you read on the toilet.

I'm far too British to talk about my toilet habits while sober, and as I'm writing this it's only 10am so I'm not drunk yet, just pleasantly buzzed. So let's talk about coffee tables, baby. What's on yours? I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Deal? Deal.

Upon my coffee table at present are: a bunch of coasters, three magazines (New Scientist, National Geographic, and the Bulletin of the Concrete Repair Institute), a copy of [b:Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|12395914|Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|David Rose|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331164013s/12395914.jpg|9693633], and Dim Wit: The Funniest, Stupidest Things Ever Said. Damn straight my friends think I'm cleverer than I really am.

Ostensibly, Dim Wit is a collection of quotes that are hilarious in their idiocy. It's slightly too old to include Twitter messages, but a second edition could probably fill itself with just tweets. The first edition has to make do with the usual suspects: George W. Bush, Paris Hilton, Yogi Berra, and a fair amount of dear old Murray Walker. But if you want a collection of these foot-in-mouth quotes and nothing else then you might be disappointed with this one. The majority of the quotes aren't people saying hilariously foolish things, rather they're lines from books or television shows, or bits from comedy sketches and a whole lot of one-liners from stand-up comedians.

Some people expecting five hundred pages of verbal slip-ups might be upset at this juxtaposition of the accidentally funny with the intentionally funny, they might not want to see clever Steven Wright quips sandwiched between George W. Bush's boobs (as it were). I hold the opposite view. Too many stupid quotes in a row just make me despair for mankind. If this sottisier only contained such comments then I'd probably need a stiff drink of warm milk after every page. As it is, the genuinely witty quotes make me realise all is not lost. Now, as long as I can avoid the comments sections on Youtube I might just be able to hang onto that feeling….… (mehr)

I haven't done a degree in literature. But if I had, I assume that one of the first things I would have been taught is that all books fall into one of three fundamental categories. There are those you take to coffee shops so strangers think you are more clever than you really are; there are those you leave on your coffee table so your friends think you are more clever than you really are; and there are those you read on the toilet.

I'm far too British to talk about my toilet habits while sober, and as I'm writing this it's only 10am so I'm not drunk yet, just pleasantly buzzed. So let's talk about coffee tables, baby. What's on yours? I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Deal? Deal.

Upon my coffee table at present are: a bunch of coasters, three magazines (New Scientist, National Geographic, and the Bulletin of the Concrete Repair Institute), a copy of [b:Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|12395914|Sexually, I'm More Of A Switzerland|David Rose|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331164013s/12395914.jpg|9693633], and Dim Wit: The Funniest, Stupidest Things Ever Said. Damn straight my friends think I'm cleverer than I really am.

Ostensibly, Dim Wit is a collection of quotes that are hilarious in their idiocy. It's slightly too old to include Twitter messages, but a second edition could probably fill itself with just tweets. The first edition has to make do with the usual suspects: George W. Bush, Paris Hilton, Yogi Berra, and a fair amount of dear old Murray Walker. But if you want a collection of these foot-in-mouth quotes and nothing else then you might be disappointed with this one. The majority of the quotes aren't people saying hilariously foolish things, rather they're lines from books or television shows, or bits from comedy sketches and a whole lot of one-liners from stand-up comedians.

Some people expecting five hundred pages of verbal slip-ups might be upset at this juxtaposition of the accidentally funny with the intentionally funny, they might not want to see clever Steven Wright quips sandwiched between George W. Bush's boobs (as it were). I hold the opposite view. Too many stupid quotes in a row just make me despair for mankind. If this sottisier only contained such comments then I'd probably need a stiff drink of warm milk after every page. As it is, the genuinely witty quotes make me realise all is not lost. Now, as long as I can avoid the comments sections on Youtube I might just be able to hang onto that feeling….… (mehr)