“But you’re not seeing it, George. That joker was being evasive by being forthcoming.”
Chase Tipton, Enjoying Prison Pizza.
About the allegories he made the usual claims—that they are complex, fascinating, like a strange puzzle, etc. But he went on to say that it was the portraits that are truly distinguished works—both those thought to be painted by Bosch himself and those by members of his circle.
Hans Paulus, How Pictures Look at Us.
It is almost impressive how much elaboration, disputation, quibbling, dissembling, arguing, posturing, legislation, disruption—even how much war—has been engendered by such a simple and direct message.
Tristram Speaker, A Book of Postulates.
Theologians have the same motivation as the philosophers: to complicate the world.
Chalmers van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.
Novel: begins, bewitches, ends.
Nathaniel Bumppo, The Final Word.
A needed reminder: Logic says exactly nothing about the world.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
But then, as an aside, she muttered something about “the soft harm of professor Derrida.”
Stoke Twombly, The Tragedians.
How many decisions fail to be poor decisions?
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
“If you intend to strangle a person, the gentlemanly approach would be to apologize to the victim beforehand.”
Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.
Trumpet, sir? How say I, nay.
It were a strumpet thou didst play.
Thomas Faraday, The Maiden’s Complainte. (1586)
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