“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Cynical
Russell Baker on Misery
Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.” Continue reading
F. Scott Fitzgerald on Intelligence
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” Continue reading
Philip Johnson on Architecture
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” Continue reading
Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics
“In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.” Continue reading
Ambrose Bierce on Politeness
“Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.” Continue reading
H. L. Mencken on Humanity
“The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.” Continue reading
Paul Valery on Politics
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.” Continue reading
Sir William Preece on the Telephone
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” Continue reading
Bernard Baruch on Politics
“Vote for the man who promises least; he’ll be the least disappointing.” Continue reading
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