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There’s a sentence by Schopenhauer that makes me laugh a lot: ‘The best way to think smart things is not to think twaddle.’
Emmanuel Carrère • Yoga: From the bestselling author of THE ADVERSARY
John Cleese: “Now I suggest to you that a group of us could be sitting around after dinner, discussing matters that were extremely serious like the education of our children, or our marriages, or the meaning of life, and we could be laughing, and that would not make what we were discussing one bit less serious.
Visakan Veerasamy • Are You Serious?
The quote you’re thinking of is likely:
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
This is by Oscar Wilde, from his essay “The Critic as Artist” published in 1891.
It’s often paraphrased simply as:
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
But Wilde’s original includes the more biting second half, emphasizin
... See more“Entertainment for man, but not for his beast. Enter ye that have leisure and a quiet mind, who earnestly seek the right road.” He is perhaps the sanest man and has the fewest crotchets of any I chance to know; the same yesterday and tomorrow.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
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David Faulk • 6 cards
The comedian Emo Philips once said, “I used to think the human brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.”
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
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Jakob Greenfeld • 1 card
FEW PEOPLE HAVE THE WISDOM TO PREFER THE CRITICISM THAT WOULD DO THEM GOOD, TO THE PRAISE THAT DECEIVES THEM. —François de La Rochefoucauld