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The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Love without sacrifice is like theft

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the nonsucker, not exactly the same thing

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The opposite of manliness isn’t cowardice; it’s technology.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms