Category Archives: Apophthegmata

Knot

July 9, 2010 – 12:47 am

An unconfirmable truth: the unexamined life is not worth living.

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Maybe A Little

June 22, 2010 – 9:30 pm

This afternoon, a commenter on our previous post asked me: Malcolm, are you cynical? Meanwhile, an old friend wrote me today to quote something I had, apparently, said to him when I was about 17 or 18. I don’t remember saying it, but here it is anyway: Everyone needs a pack of lies to live [...]

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Chain Of Fools

November 20, 2009 – 1:44 pm

A brain is only as strong as its weakest think.

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Could Be Worse

October 23, 2009 – 6:48 pm

Life is hard, but at least it’s short.

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Just Asking

May 6, 2009 – 11:12 pm

Perhaps the most important question of all is: what is the most important question of all?

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Intermission

March 17, 2009 – 10:16 pm

There is an agreeable interval between childhood and marriage during which a man may eat what he pleases.

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