Never

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Circus

When a clown moves into a palace, he does not become king. The palace becomes a circus.

This is it.

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On magical thinking

I've started to use the analogy that magical thinking is like drunk driving. The person who engages in magical thinking says things like, "I'm perfectly capable of handling my liquor," "it makes me happy and doesn't hurt anyone," and "why do you have to be so rigid?"

Meanwhile, the rest of us suffer for their intellectual irresponsibility.

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The one thing

The one thing money can't shield you from is the knowledge of what you had to do to get it.

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On poetry

Poetry:  brilliant writing by unhappy people.

To wish

To wish that one had done differently is to wish that one had been different.

We never asked

We never asked if we should ask if we should.

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Maybe

We evolved to see Yes and No, but everything is Maybe.

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The shenanigans

I am opposed to those who would eliminate the shenanigans.

Wealth

Treasure is for the youth; the mature won't settle for anything less than wealth.

If we didn't die

If we didn't die, how soon we would become occluded.

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With poetry

I have metastasized with poetry.

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On friendship

Without other, there is no friendship.  But without self, also, there is no friendship.