“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
An aphorism and its author aren't joined by a dash, but separated by it. — John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
“We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russians have a way with aphorisms. They probably spend all winter thinking… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something… — Prince De Ligne Copy Share Image
“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“• God is man squared. That is to say, God is man raised to a higher power. • Man is the root,… — Bill Yarrow Copy Share Image
“This is the point where the knowing, irony-infused author laughs along with his readers about his time among the aphorisms, how he… — David Carr Copy Share Image
“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The true basis and propaedeutic for all knowledge of human nature is the persuasion that a man's actions are, essentially and as… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Good-bye,' I said to them, but they didn't seem to hear me, and why would they have wanted to? Why would they… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
