aphorisms

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Mon 1 Jul 2019

Inking

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The aphorism is the inkling of something greater, unspoiled by further inking.”

—Wieslaw Brudzinski, quoted in Literature and Philosophy, ed. Herbert Grabes

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Thu 14 May 2015

Black and white

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, balance, contradictions, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”

—George Santayana, “Intuitive Morality,” Little Essays

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Fri 24 Oct 2014

Plissken

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, character, proverb, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day: 

“A serpent changes his skin but not his fangs.”

—Russian saying

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Mon 23 Jul 2012

Barking up the wrong tree

Posted by PJ under aphorisms, cliches, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Any great truth can—and eventually will—be expressed as a cliché—as cliché is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, “The black cat is always the last one off the fence.” I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.”

—Solomon Short (David Gerrold), The War Against the Chtorr

 


Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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