In truth, the truth should never be spoken of outright; meanwhile, the lie should always be perpetrated upon the unwary, if only to teach them the true meaning of truth.
One of the most convincing ways of avoiding eye-to-eye contact with people you don’t like is to stare into the whites of their eyes while you’re about it.
The cynic with a morose mentality does seem to like being cynical, possibly because he can be cynical with a lighter heart.
It’s cynical to use a case of mild melancholia as an excuse to be cynical, but it still doesn’t change anything.
There is a surreptitious moral doctrine: never tell the subject what’s cooking, especially when he’s begging for it.
It becomes apparent after a while that many people are just mean: they do mean things, they think mean, and are mean in their outlook; if you don’t fully appreciate this then their actions are not always straightforwardly obvious.
You should know that there’s usually a reason that some things happen to you and others don’t, but knowing that is no damn use at all if you still don’t know what that is.
About Me
- Drew Byrne
- Basically, I am someone interested in quotations, those mainly being of an aphoristic form; consequently, I have collected many examples together over the years, ones which I most liked, warmed to, or appreciated. Although most of these I cannot really now recall without looking them up, and so I supppose are not of much use except as written ornaments to an inefficient memory, but so it goes. I am interested in archaeology, history, and antiques, although not as much as I once was. Philosophy, also, has interested me from time to time, although I never learned much about it. It has been said (although certainly not by me) that “in time, most men become philosophers, although not particularly good ones.” I can say without much hesitation that that I am one of these fellows.
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