Short, pithy reflections
What a cynical cunt he was...
A facile maxim of mine, off the top of my head:
'Cynicism is the armour of the sensitive man'.
Ah, yes, that’s a good one!
Another reason I like your Stack NFR, the chances of me picking up some obscure 17th century French essayist remain extremely low!
Marcus Aurelius is hard to beat for maxims IMO (From Meditations)
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
Thank you for taking the time to assemble this interesting, amusing, relevant, timeless list of maxims!
Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
Those really got around -- I can recall hearing or reading all of them in paraphrased form at one time or another. I wonder, however, if La Rochefoucald was the ultimate source or an avid collector.
What a cynical cunt he was...
A facile maxim of mine, off the top of my head:
'Cynicism is the armour of the sensitive man'.
Ah, yes, that’s a good one!
Another reason I like your Stack NFR, the chances of me picking up some obscure 17th century French essayist remain extremely low!
Marcus Aurelius is hard to beat for maxims IMO (From Meditations)
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
Thank you for taking the time to assemble this interesting, amusing, relevant, timeless list of maxims!
Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
Those really got around -- I can recall hearing or reading all of them in paraphrased form at one time or another. I wonder, however, if La Rochefoucald was the ultimate source or an avid collector.