Best Epigram Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 2

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”

“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.”

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”

“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Some people will hate you for not loving them.”

“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”

“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.”

Humor Funny Jobs Quotes Language Wealth Money Rich Share Advice Policy Humour Clothes Humorous Quote Profound Investment Philosopher Quote Of The Day Riches Income Impression Suits Thoughtful Satire Wealthy Thought Provoking Deep Insightful Job Aphorism South Africa Passive Impressed Impress Quotations Wages Africa Maxims Sayings Salary Adages Proverbs Aphorisms Make You Think Axioms Adage Proverb Satirical Saying Shareholders Epigrams Invest Financial Freedom Jargon African Tailors Quotation Gnome Clothing Satirist Advisors Maxim Epigram Gnomes Provoke Thought Made Me Think Axiom Dictum Dictums Banks Bank South African Investments Financial Advice Shares Satirists Suit Policies Bombastic Passive Income Financial Advisor Wage Job Titles Advices Tailored Suits Salaries Clothes Make The Man Bombast Advisor Shareholding Tailor Job Title Shareholder Tuxedo Financial Advisors Tailor Made Bank Statement Bank Statements Clothes Maketh The Man Financial Advices Tailored Suit

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm.”

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.”

“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child, something or some of the things that they, the parent, did not do or did not do successfully.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone to whom they are a boss.”

“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.”

“Millions of sane people would each be sexually attracted to their own parent or child if they were not related to them.”

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”

“Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness.”

“Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.”

“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their clients, it is to save the court time.”

“Some people have contracted HIV during their separate endeavours to give someone or some people a curable STD.”

“Some people masturbate to temporarily replace their partners when they are absent, whereas some people do that to temporarily live in the present.”

“Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six.”

“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.”

“If I have nowhere to go, I’d go over the list of all the places I have already gone.”

Humor Humour Epigram

Author:Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.”

Epigram 1975 Gurney Halleck

Book:DUNE

Source: DUNE

“... when God will chastise a man, He first of all deprives him of his reason....”

Chastisement Epigram 1869 Chastisement Quotes Lebedyev

Book:The Idiot

Source: The Idiot

“terra, gravis fueris: non fuit illa tibi earth, lie lightly on her: she lay lightly on you”

Death Epigram Martial

Book:Epigrammata Selecta: Select Epigrams From Martial: Grammar School Classics

Source: Epigrammata Selecta: Select Epigrams From Martial: Grammar School Classics

“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.”

“Sutra, kažeš, sutra ćeš početi da živiš, Postumije ? Sutra ? Kaži mi, Postumije, kad će već jednom doći to tvoje sutra ? Gde je ? Otkud će doći ? Da li se još krije kod Persijanaca, ili je u Armeniji ? To tvoje sutra, Postumije, staro je već kao Prijam. Za koliko se, recimo, može, to tvoje sutra, da kupi ? Sutra ćeš početi da živiš ? Danas već da počneš, Postumije, dockan je. Mudar je onaj koji je živeo juče.”

Epigram Crnjanski Kod Hiperborejaca Rim Marcijal

Author:Marcijal

“It is more profitable to give wages than to receive them.”

Capitalism Wages Epigram Organized Crime 1969

Book:The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script

Source: The Last Words of Dutch Schultz: A Fiction in the Form of a Film Script

“Nafsu, Kehati-hatian dalam Suasana Tepat untuk Bercinta (Shades of "In the Mood for Love, 2046, Lust, Caution, Infernal Affairs, Chungking Express, Hero & Neo-Noir.") Tony, setiap kali kau melintas di layar, dunia berhenti bernapas seolah kamera Wong Kar-wai telah mengikat denyut bumi pada nadi kecil di bawah matamu. Tapi aku hendak menulis tentang hal lain— tentang kota-kota yang menua atau tentang tubuh manusia yang gagal memahami keinginan— lalu kau muncul begitu saja, seperti bisikan neon yang memaksa ingatan mundur ke jalan-jalan sempit Hong Kong pada menit yang tak pernah diputar ulang. Bagaimana mungkin kau memikul begitu banyak kesepian, Tony? Kesepian yang licin seperti hujan, dan setajam bilah yang pernah kau selundupkan ke balik lengah sejarah. Setiap peran yang kaumasuki bukanlah karakter— melainkan lorong psikis yang kau bongkar dengan tangan hening. Chow Mo-Wan, yang menyembunyikan rahasia di lubang kuil Angkor Wat, Masih berjalan di belakangmu seperti bayangan yang tak rela mati. Aku ingin bicara denganmu, Leung bukan sebagai penulis, bukan sebagai penonton, tetapi sebagai seseorang yang tahu bagaimana rasanya menjadi rahasia yang tidak ingin disembunyikan. Aku membawa segelas bir, angin malam, dan suara klakson yang patah. Di meja kecil itu, kau hanya menatap; seolah seluruh sejarah ketidaksetiaan sedang berusaha menulis ulang dirinya sendiri di balik tajam sorot matamu. Chiu-wai, aku tak lupa bagaimana kau mencabik tubuh gadis itu dalam Lust, Caution: bukan dengan jemarimu, tetapi dengan kehampaan yang mematuhi logikanya sendiri. Aku benci padamu— sekaligus iri pada dingin pisau itu, pada caramu memegang nafsu sebagai alat penyiksaan. Mr. Yee, kau bilang: "Satu sudah mati. Separuh otaknya hilang. Saya mengenali yang lainnya." Dan aku tahu, bahkan tanpa kamera, kau tetap akan tersenyum dengan keanggunan seorang pembunuh yang terlalu elegan untuk merasa bersalah. Namun ketika kau berlari menembus lampu-lampu jalan raya untuk menyelamatkan sekelebat hidup yang terlihat rapuh, seolah kematian pun ragu menelanmu. Adegan itu indah— indah karena dunia sesaat lupa bahwa kau tidak pernah benar-benar ingin hidup. Kau tahu, Tony, aku masih mengikutimu ke kedai mie yang tua itu. Aku memilih kursi paling belakang, mendengar sumpit menemukan mangkukmu seperti dentang jam yang menunda takdir. Kau berbicara lewat telepon kepada perempuan yang bukan istrimu dan tanpa sadar menghidupkan kembali dosa-dosa yang lupa kau kubur. Aku melihatmu di meja mahyong. Aku tahu ekspresi wajah pemain curang. Dan kau, Leung— kau bukan Dewa Judi Ko Chun, meski dunia ingin percaya bahwa keberuntunganmu datang dari langit, bukan dari kehancuran batin yang luar biasa detail. Aku seharusnya membunuhmu waktu itu, waktu kau telanjang dan tertidur bersama istriku dalam mimpi yang kau curi. Tubuh kalian basah, sunyi, dan terlalu jujur. Tapi aku tidak jadi melakukannya. Bukan karena kau tak layak mati— melainkan karena aku ingin melihat apa yang tersisa dari cahaya ketika ia melewati matamu. Apa itu keberanian, Tony? Apa itu kehati-hatian? Apa itu keinginan yang terus mengintai di balik sutra, kain, dan rahasia? Kau tak akan bisa menjawab. Kau hanya bisa hidup dalam kilau film yang selalu menunda tamat, karena realitas terlalu sempit untuk menampung duka yang kau bawa. Dan aku, aku akan terus membuntutimu dari film ke film, dari kehidupan ke kehidupan, menunggu saat kau sadar bahwa yang kukagumi bukanlah dirimu— tetapi kehancuranmu yang tak pernah berakhir. (2024 - 2025)”

Puisi Epigram Neo Noir Sinematik Estetika Eskapisme Ikon Pop

Author:Titon Rahmawan

“Drinking wine is like using magic: there's always a price to pay.”

Humor Wine Drinking Alcohol Epigram Sorcery Analogy Sommelier Winelover

Book:The Concise Guide to Wine & Blind Tasting

Source: The Concise Guide to Wine & Blind Tasting

“There’s always so much to see in a period of 100 years, including little time.”

Time Epigram

Author:Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”

People Inspirational Humans Persons Self Humor Inspiration Motivational Death Quotes Actors Fear Human Beings Animal Acting Courage Tree Produce Inspire Humour Human Balls Murder Bravery Quote Brave Plant Profound Fruit Inspired Oneself Motive Thoughtful Guts Satire Courageous Thought Provoking Conformity Deep Be Yourself Motivated Insightful Pretending Animals Fearful Daring Aphorism Dead Heroism Die Quotations Conform Standing Out Orange Trees Person Maxims Sayings Yourself Boldness Adages Act Proverbs Kill Aphorisms Make You Think Grit Fearlessness Lemons Axioms Words To Live By Adage Plants Nonconformity Pluck Proverb Satirical Saying Epigrams Human Being Facade Audacity Pretend Actor Quotation Gnome Fruits Maxim Fitting In Epigram Gnomes Provoke Thought Made Me Think Axiom Dictum Dictums Valour Killed Pretender Gallantry True Grit Nerve Lemon Himself Themselves Facades Moxie Pretenders Spunk Fit In Peoples Standout Conforming Murdered Herself Cojones Courageousness Intrepidity Hardihood Pluckiness

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists outside religious books and the minds of believers, that is. Having said that, given the choice, instead of being grilled until hell freezes over, the average sane human being would, needless to say, rather spend forever idling in an extremely fertile garden, next to a lamb or a chicken or a parrot, which they do not secretly want to eat, and a lion or a tiger or a crocodile, which does not secretly want to eat them.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”

“If heaven was hot and hell was chilly, tell me, why would you go to heaven?”

“We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.”

“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.”

Source: The Use and Misuse of Children

“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”

“Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed.”

“The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you.”