Imensity of the point (aphorisms)
The bird has broken loose from the earth.
From now on, he shall be the captive of the sky.
X
I will not let you sink.
You are a part of my ship.
X
Mud annoys us
only when it soils our shoes.
X
Laziness must be very tiring.
Lazy people rest most.
X
Hatred lingers in obscure souls as
snow on sunless slopes.
X
There are plants that are
neither detrimental nor profitable.
They have the longest life.
X
Many blindfold themselves only to be able
to complain about the dark.
X
In order to be given wings,
I had to promise not to fly.
X
First to go deaf are the bell ringers.
X
Our living is not always proof of our existence.
X
The agony of cut flowers fills
our rooms with a sweet smell.
X
Swallows fly away in autumn.
Crows remain, overwhelmed with responsibility.
X
The level of culture is so high
that people fight for books.
X
If life sprang our accidentally,
how can we define its meaning?
X
Just like the stag’s horns,
wisdom is a cumbersome ornament.
X
A woman’s soul is like a book.
It must be too good to be read twice.
X
Love is like snake poison.
It either cures or kills.
X
Do not sigh! Do not waste air!
X
Some people are so stunningly polite
that we forget to thank them.
X
Some dreams do come true.
I dreamt the other night that I was sleeping.
X
Can the temple of reason be heart – shaped?
X
She found that black clothes suit her.
Ever since, she has prayed for the death of a relative.
X
The garbage had a nightmare.
It was about a broom.
X
Jokers!
You have written H2O on the water tanks
and three philologists have simply died of thirst.
X
The ideal of any man is to earn more money
than his wife can spend.
X
The argument of a base man: mud cures people.
X
I am so tired.
I wish that grave over there was empty.
X
I could read the craving for eternity
even in the snowman’s eyes.
X
I want to grow yet
I know the thunderbolt strikes the tallest trees.
X
There are many who keep buzzing like bees
wondering why no honey comes of it.
X
Ruins also come to maturity in the course of time.
X
While the sun has set for us,
the great mountains can still see it.
X
Oh, all these heavy stones that protect flowers
in winter time, only to prevent them
from sprouting in spring.
X
Some empires died much harder than
certain film directors can imagine.
X
As long as the cage is not safely bolted,
I consider the lion to be absolutely right.
X
Trying to disfigure the monster,
they made it almost likable.
X
Is that evolution?
We have made ourselves clothes and lost our fur;
we have made ourselves fur caps and lost our hair;
we have made ourselves computers and only
the devil knows what we are going to lose next.
X
He used to carry a heavy cudgel
and give us a course of lectures on tactfulness.
X
Being forgotten, I have started to doubt myself
the way a flower doubts its own beauty
when not picked.
X
He was shabbily dresses, exhausted and so thin
that he must have been an honest man.
x
Once boiled, the potato can consider
its historic mission accomplished.
X
Nobody wishes to be a dove.
Everybody fancies himself to be an eagle - a predator.
X
You see a beautiful woman in the distance
and you wish she would be yours.
When she is closer, you realize to your sorrow
that se is your wife.
X
The skylark should not bark.
It should either sing or keep silent.
X
The moment Robinson saw man Friday,
he decided to hold a meeting.
X
One must suffer to find out the taste of solace.
X
We have sent so many messengers
to the next world and none has ever come back.
Things must be pretty good there.
X
Equity. Both the sheep and the wolf enjoy
the same right of common pasture.
X
The coral reef. The solidarity of tiny creatures
creates rocks that often break ships.
X
I wonder whether the 50th anniversary
of the first wedding is also called a golden wedding.
X
To move a woman, one has to sacrifice flowers to her.
X
Those who wail then in trouble will yell exultantly
when they are happy.
X
I furiously asked the waiter where my spoon was.
He told me I was holding it in my hand.
So customers are not always right.
X
Even if people die from laughter,
it is still a tragedy.
X
We know death from books so well that
I sometimes wonder why we are still dying.
X
He has been promoted to leading vocalist
in the choir of silence.
X
In order not to contradict oneself,
one needs either solid principles
or an excellent memory.
X
Certain ideas are like the tattoos of youth;
we can not get rid of them no matter
how much ashamed of them we might be.
X
You can demonstrate that white is black,
but you will need vast bibliography.
X
This man, just like oil paintings,
should be relished from a distance.
X
The idealist claims that it is the idea of a stone
that has hit him in the head. What is more,
he maintains that the result is
but the idea of a swelling bump.
X
It is in the filth of the ooze that fertility lies.
X
The fear of thieves in ancient times
has done modern archeology a great service.
X
Some people are willing to buy scars provided
they can register them in their personal record.
X
A supreme contradiction:
the boundlessness of our ambitions
faced with our innate fragility.
X
It is not logic, but certain glands,
that condition vainglory.
X
Be a rock! Embrace your land and do not be sad
because the dandelion can fly.
X
The eagle, a predator
has been chosen as a symbol for power.
X
The bullfighter, after all,
is also a butcher,
but one who complicates matters further.
X
I hate talking about death.
I have no experience whatsoever.
X
To my mind, the naked truth is not moral.
X
Small fish praise the leniency
of the fishing net.
X
Whenever I open my eyes, I am guilty of prying.
X
The clapperless bell
should be listened to as well.
X
He who has never seen a mountain will be
staggered by the grandeur of a hill.
X
A man of experience gives advice.
Each piece of advice means a new experience to him.
X
The third prize. For lack of funds,
the first two prizes haven’t been awarded.
X
I can see mountains of rust.
The Iron Age has not yet come to an end.
X
I accept thorny flowers,
but I loathe flower - shaped thorns.
X
There comes a time when we live on glory
just as cactus lives on the water
accumulated in its stem.
X
I have been thinking of death all my life.
When I die, they are sure to say I had a premonition.
X
We do stumble over the truth,
but much more rarely we do break our heads against it.
X
Just like a bee,
I can strike deeply only once.
X
Human civilization will be a huge stalactite.
Nowadays, we can see its very first crystals.
X
A philosopher, when shopping anywhere,
will ask only about mind and matter.
X
Why do we keep lions within iron cages?
For dear someone might steal them.
X
Man suffers a lot because of his intelligence
just as the crocodile does
because of its precious skin.
X
Cuckoos are like poets.
They sing accurately and at regular hours.
X
Punishing somebody is
a severe punishment in itself.
X
I used to have a sickly friend
who would move heaven and earth to get old sooner
for fear of dying young.
X
Seeing that we are born,
let us therefore seek our destiny.
X
We can only be either
beautiful or not photogenic.
X
Dealers may have no appreciation of painting,
but it is their money that has made it thrive.
X
When I do not have the nerve to refuse,
I become generous.
X
Many enemies, just like germs, are invincible
because of their smallness.
X
Even the shadow of a hare
believes in the helplessness of the sun.
X
There are many who enter the Pantheon of history
leaving their heads in the cloak – room.
X
Now to the left, then to the right.
That is the way the snake wriggles along.
X
Science has not done away with cruelty.
It has only given it a scientific character.
X
Do not bother to wash your ears for such rumors!
X
As long as we live on other living beings,
any kind of justice is questionable.
X
We sow the seeds of generosity hoping that
they will yield gratitude.
X
A sheep will never be able to understand why Easter
should be celebrated slaughtering lambs.
X
Most of the time, we only leave behind a house,
just like snails.
X
Even the potatoes in the cellar
can feel spring setting in.
X
I have been asked where I gather these thoughts from.
I must admit: from my own head, a private property.
X
When you want to have your ship lightened,
don’t start with the life boat.
X
To commit suicide is to commit murder.
Suicides should be brought back to life
and punished severely.
X
Mythology. The owl sleeps all day long
and passes for the symbol of wisdom.
X
He who has lost his way finds new ones.
X
It is a pity that
dinosaurs have become extinct.
Just think of the things that
could have been made out of their skin.
X
Selfishness will last as long
as grammar admits of possessive adjectives.
X
One slight genetic retouch
and horses will be born shod already.
X
I want to be embalmed - not that I believe
in the life to come - only to spring
a pleasant surprise on archeologists.
X
When describing the sun
you should not start with the spots.
X
Unlike human beings,
grass can not mow itself down.
X
Climb higher up!
The true diamond searcher treads gold under foot.
X
Shall we ever be able to fathom the mysteries
of the Universe with only the five senses which
Nature has temporarily entrusted to us?
X
When you feel you are drowning,
you should not speak of mutual assistance.
X
The way to some ideals leads downwards.
X
He will not tell you who he is
until he has consulted the encyclopaedia.
X
We idolize eagles, although,
hens are much more useful.
X
It is only brooks that grow muddy.
The sea is forever limpid.
X
Nudism should be fought first and foremost
by the textile industry.
X
As a rule, after a high obstacle
there comes an abyss.
X
Any intelligent believer has his moments of doubt.
X
Out of wounds of the fir tree pours forth resin,
its fragrant pain.
X
Some people fancy themselves modern poets
as soon as they have given up commas.
X
Small creatures find shelter in the wounds of trees.
X
That your enemy should admire you,
is a mere delusion.
He is only anxious to find your soft spot.
X
Nature errs, for indeed, it is an error to place
so many aspirations and so much thirst for life
in a frail and perishable body.
X
You must make up your mind;
either a tree or a woodcutter be.
X
If you take a dog, put up with its fleas.
X
You must have a thorough knowledge of the
mechanism of banality to be able to rise above it.
X
The mirror is not the invention of an ugly man.
X
When love’s play is over,
the nightingale is silent.
X
Still, Sisyphus is contented.
The stone will roll back down the slope by itself.
X
A donkey is willing to carry all the burden
so as not to take the lead of the flock.
X
Almightiness has made the lion the king of the desert.
X
I hate wolves without
having any sheep in my family.
X
So rickety was the stronghold that
its enemies dared not besiege it.
X
The tram that has run off the rails thinks
it is independent.
X
Poetry is like a halo of a star.
It expands when seen through the crystal of a tear.
X
Today is Monday.
It’s just possible that tomorrow will be Tuesday.
X
It takes skill to foster ardency
without falling into pyromania.
X
The best dog is a bad dog.
X
Lucky is the man who passes away in his sleep.
He shall never know he has died.
X
In the end, they cut off his head, although,
that was his least sinful part.
X
Such a squander of lightning for an ordinary rain!
X
You can not go straight into a waiting room, either.
You must wait.
X
I am seldom bored and never by myself.
X
If only the mermaids had know that
Ulysses’ sailors had beeswax in their ears!
X
Children should be close to their mothers.
It is not by chance that
men’s mammary glands have atrophied.
X
It is quite disagreeable to have your memories
written by the clerks of the court.
X
If you lend wings to a bureaucrat,
he will only get to his office faster.
X
Youth seems to be incomprehensible.
The grown – ups’ morality rules all over the world.
X
You should be temperate when soaring as well.
By drawing near the sun, you move away from people.
X
There is a sinister kind of color – blindness
when the dark side of things is seen as bright.
X
The dead are free.
The churchyard wall is raised for the quick.
X
Ignorance is the heaviest of burdens,
yet he who bears it is not aware of it.
X
Some people need a prompter
in order to say accurately who they are.
X
He who shares out bread with his sword
shall not be trusted.
X
A wise man carries neither
a shield nor a weapon.
X
When a cannibal devours himself,
it is no longer cannibalism but self - sacrifice.
X
For the time being, the history of the 21st century
is a blank book. Yet the blood that will make it purple
is already pulsating frantically through veins.
X
A gust of wind out from the prompter’s box.
Some actors started howling on the stage.
X
I take my imaginary journeys in sleeping cars.
X
He was glad to hear that it would cost him his head.
He had no idea he could get off so easily.
X
Before negotiating with the wolf,
have it muzzled.
X
The unanimity of stones gives birth to foundations,
as well as avalanche.
X
Fancy his hibernating in the height of summer!
What an ignoramus!
X
I have overapplied self - criticism.
It is time I accused myself of slander.
X
The muzzled dog will not bite,
but he can bark at will.
X
He is second to none when it comes to seascapes.
I get sea sick in front of his paintings.
X
Devils? God puts up with opposition:
only he gives them horns to wear.
X
The absence of callouses on one’s hands
is sometimes the only voucher of nobility.
X
When faced with religious reforms,
gods will always stand idle
x
Tune your pride,
but not to everybody’s tuning fork.
X
After thousands of years of evolution,
the cudgel has taken the shape
of a one – hundred megaton bomb.
X
History makes one admire Napoleon’s
bloody romanticism just as cartoons make one grow
fond of the loathsome mice.
X
He used to be so rational that
he would resort to the illusions of others.
X
A container with proof of the civilization
of our century has been buried in Osaka.
It is to be dug out in 5,000 years’ time.
It remains to be seen whether archeologists
will be that patient!
X
It is not our enemies that threaten us,
but our own failings.
X
The ethics of fishing are comprised
in the transparency of the fishing line.
X
I can not help thinking of those who had discovered
America before Columbus did
and drowned on their way back.
X
So utterly poor was he,
that he did not even have enemies.
X
The progress of values is checked by filters
which allow only the lesser ones to pass through.
X
She is just like foam.
Forever fragile and forever above.
X
Be wary of words. The stone keeps silent,
though, it has seen so many things.
X
Honorary heroes –
great experts in the theory of danger.
X
I am not afraid in a graveyard by night,
but I am afraid in a stadium by day.
X
We find true friends in dogs.
They love us without expressing opinions and
without borrowing anything from us.
X
They have not been concerned with my disease
ever since they found out that it is not catching.
X
A deaf painter and a blind musician –
what a perfect communion!
X
Study your enemy through your binoculars,
but mind you do not hold them the wrong way.
X
Writers, just like frivolous women,
commercialize the intimate details of their lives.
X
There are many who abandon the life boat
when they see what shore it is heading for.
X
You had best bow down.
The camel holds out in the desert thanks to its hump.
X
Culture seems to be an occupational disease
with some people.
X
Loneliness can be secured by living either
in a desert on being in the midst of insignificant people.
X
Ideas are very much like ships.
They make a great sensation when they sink.
X
Critics see music and hear painting.
X
They have buried the hatchet,
but not before carefully wrapping it up.
X
The cautious will rarely reach fame,
but they are likely to reach old age.
X
I am looking forward to his asking me,
only so I can refuse.
X
I have ceased moving, breathing and thinking.
I am sounding the abyss of non – existence.
X
The common run of man stumbles over stones.
Poets alone stumble over rocks.
X
I am most upset when
looking for tranquilizers.
X
Not all sculptors have reached the New Stone Age.
X
Poetry was born the night man stared
contemplating the moon, being aware
that is was not edible.
X
The hangman’s human nature passes for
incompetence and it is punished as a breach of duty.
X
Some people’s wealth exceeds
their ability to count.
X
The bow – a skillful way of
turning one’s eyes away from somebody.
X
Thirst cuts toasts.
X
Gold ceaselessly remelted
is exasperated by man’s indecision
x
I have a lot of courage,
but I am afraid to use it.
X
The thirst for light often cuts short
the wings of the moth.
X
Sometimes the good bursts forth
like a volcanic eruption.
X
Mad men should be respected.
They always carry a grenade on their shoulder.
X
It is a real art to write everyday
without becoming a newspaper man.
X
Great danger awaits the independent man.
He depends only upon himself.
X
The greatest of human ambitions only slightly tickle
the epidermis of the planet.
X
I can hardly wait to wake up so that
I can truly dream.
X
There is a poetry of the things that
appeal to us without having any meaning at all.
X
In the country, day – dreaming means laziness.
X
Seeds will not sleep in golden caskets.
They prefer the earth, however barren.
X
I am glad I am still able to cry.
X
There is no friendship, not even the most sincere,
without a little interest and a little affectation.
X
The fisherman relies on the greediness of the fish
rather than on his own intelligence.
X
He has been trying to explain the whole Universe
in a poem which should cover him with money and glory.
X
There is no greater misfortune than being born,
except not being born at all.
X
Money seems to be the fundamental principle of life.
When one has money,
one can afford other principles as well.
X
The hyena does not want to eat us.
Does it mean that we are alive?
X
Our sign of the Zodiac does not depend upon heaven,
but on our parents’ mood.
X
He has paid too much for this painting
to ever say he does not like it.
X
We are bipeds, you say. Well, what of it?
The stork stands on one leg only.
X
The number of centenarians will increase
much when man starts thinking with his liver.
X
Chieves are impudent, but also very discreet.
X
Keep seeking! The bee does not find honey
in every flower either.
X
And he said: “Culture is my sole religion.
That is why I pray when I enter a book store”.
X
You should not talk to Satan about his kindness.
He will be offended.
X
When the wolf opens its jaws,
do not start counting his teeth.
X
The most difficult thing is to make people think.
Or not think at all.
X
What we call rottenness is just
the return to inorganic eternity.
X
The sacrifice of the seeds rotting on stones
is not futile. They will change into rich soil upon which
other seeds will sprout.
X
It is only when I feel giddy that
I can regain my balance.
X
Just like forests between two fires, civilizations
will blossom between two explosions.
X
There is nothing I can see in his even temper
but the misleading modesty of an iceberg.
X
Water. The poorer it is, the purer.
X
Writers of aphorisms are like the less developed
countries that sell their raw materials for less.
X
Demographic explosion:
women giving birth to soldiers.
X
Horses. They shoo away the flies
and we think they nod approval.
X
I shall not believe in the second sun until
I see the shadow of the first one.
X
The cross has turned into a sickle because
of the improvement in the crucifying technique.
X
Women and leaves are alike.
The more withered, the noisier.
X
The wind kindles fire as praise does folly.
X
The idea of it!
To bury my thoughts in others’ heads!
X
One might think that an honest man is
a thief who has never stolen anything.
X
We had better not strike giants.
Falling, they might crush us.
X
The generations to come may rediscover fire
by finding an unexploded prehistoric atomic bomb.
X
Days full of hope separated by nights of sleep.
Man’s life.
X
Pheasant’s conceit.
It is number one on the gourmet’s list.
X
Whether great or small,
we all live on the charity of the Sun.
x
“A sculptor’s stone bread is everlasting,”
thinks the humbled baker.
X
The nut accepts the philosophy of the screw.
X
How indiscreet some writers are!
They will read other writer’s books.
X
I will love my fellow – man,
but he had better keep his distance.
X
There are question marks
which some people mistake for sickles.
X
We only have hope left.
Nobody wanted to buy it.
X
Books that are excessively bulky command respect,
but they often remain untouched.
X
One has to blow harder into a leaking balloon.
X
Not even Satan is flawless.
Now and then, he sins by doing good deeds.
X
The Tower of Pisa –
one has to stoop to become famous.
X
They have trampled me under foot, true.
And what of it?
The fact is that I have found
how much each of them weighs.
X
Whenever he gets off a plane,
he becomes an atheist again.
X
When the wind blows from the east,
the grass leans to the west.
X
Why clay of all things?
Man should be made of stainless steel.
X
When ten readers yawn,
I am no longer interested in the reviews.
X
Those who are not aware of danger
also pass for brave people.
X
To define nothingness,
you will need a lot of words.
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Valeriu Butulescu 3/28/2007 |
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