He who reasons is lost.
G. K. Chesterton, Jackson's contemporary, in his copy of Platitudes forwards his own anti-theses with bright green pencil beneath each of Jackson's maxims. And, responding to the maxim just quoted, he remarks:
He who never reasons is not worth finding.
Jackson,
Don't think--do.
Chesterton, a Catholic rationalist and socialist, fires back:
Do think! Do!
Isn't it fun? Sharp shocks!
2 did criticisms:
"Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation."- Stanislaw Lec
I write aphorisms and the reason is that I love to contradict myself. Writing aphorisms gives me the freedom to jump from thought to thought without getting trapped in one particular point of view.
@ Very Profound:
It's really cool to know one who writes aphorisms. I had a desire to know someone who utters aphorisms, the wish fulfilled :)
Maybe you'd like to share some of your interesting aphorisms (well they are always interesting to me).
Thanks for visiting :)
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