Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“Writing is beautiful, like putting on a gold suit and going to sleep in it.” — Mark Leidner Copy Share Image
“People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“If I knew he loved me for my wealth, I would have told him I was richer.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who has killed themselves because they were HIV positive would have been killed by AIDS.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are …… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes hurt mostly or only not by what happened or is happening to us but by being felt sorry for.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The best aphorisms are… portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“It’s easy to count other people’s mistakes. Make your own if you can.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
“You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Passionate smokers always welcome the peace-pipe without hesitation.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“Some people stride toward a better future. Others have chauffeurs.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
