Sometimes there’s no harm in postponing your work until later.[translation by Richard Howard]Sometimes there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.[translation by Katherine Woods][Il est quelquefois sans inconvénient de remettre à plus tard son travail.]
Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying “End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH,” the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.
So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
So many books, so little time.
Proud Wellington, with eagle beak so curled, that nose, the hook where he suspends the world!
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it’s impossible to count them accurately.
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
One loses everything when one loses one’s sense of humor.
One cannot do humour without a great sympathy for one’s fellow man.
Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.
