In polite society people seldom use bad language, but merely think it; however, you can generally tell what they’re thinking by their expression. Strong emotions tell as a facial tick which drums out a vital message in Morse code. However, they won’t usually say a word.
Social interaction is what people do to get what they want out of society, irrespective of whether they actually enjoy it or not. You may ask, “How does a man get a nose for something?” And then, “How can this preposterous proboscis be used to best effect?” Or then again, maybe you won’t.
Greed, sloth, wroth, pride, envy, lust, gluttony––it takes a lot of doing, but you too can master them all, provided that you can realize exactly what they are useful for in society in time to make a difference.
You may on occasion come to ask of someone close to you: “Well, what can I do about such and such a problem?” While if he or she says nothing, then you’re probably just talking to the wrong person entirely.
If you just got the heart and stuffing and fire kicked out of you, well then, if you ever had it you only live once you know.
In a violent conflict it is an amusement that the intelligent man can bleed just as much as any uneducated buffoon; but really, the intelligent man should know better than to put himself in that position.
The most useful, tenacious tool for a person is to be able to step back, and have a derisory opinion of another person and use that insight to form a clearer perception of what is actually happening around him.
If you have the personified characteristics of a tobacco store Indian people will fear you even if you’re harmless; and you know what people do to what they fear.
There are people who don’t get what they want; they are your natural born enemy, even if you’ve never seen them before in your entire life.
Occasionally, people who want to be your friend just say that so they can get to destroy you from the inside. But who are they and what do they look like? That’s the question.
What is unacceptable from a friend is not from a friend, and that’s true. However, having said that, he may just have a warped sense of humour when drunk.
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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