Escritas — Poems List

Elias Canetti

The paranoiac is the exact

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

481

Junius

The integrity of men is

The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.

35

Junius

The lives of the best

The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils.

36

Mary Wollstonecraft

Every political good carried to

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

88

Elias Canetti

There is no doubt: the

There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight.

577

Junius

How much easier is it

How much easier is it to be generous than just.

37

Junius

One precedent creates another and

One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.

33

Tom Lehrer

I know that there are

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that

142

Elias Canetti

One should not confuse the

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.

496

Naomi James

Sailing was never my thing,

27

Jack Handey

Somebody told me it was

Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.

35

Kenneth J Dover

it was clear to me

it was clear to me by now that Trevor and the college must somehow be separated. My problem was one which I feel compelled to define with brutal candor: how to kill him without getting into trouble... I had no qualms about causing the death of a fellow from whose nonexistence the college would benefit

33

Dick Cavett

There’s so much comedy on

There’s so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

48

Elias Canetti

The profoundest thoughts of the

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.

499

Dick Cavett

I went to a Chinese-German

I went to a Chinese-German restaurant. The food is great, but an hour later you're hungry for power.

79

Arthur Schopenhauer

Money is human happiness in

Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

147

Elias Canetti

Someone who always has to

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

508

Sophie Swetchine

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

43

Sophie Swetchine

Repentance is accepted remorse.

31

Mary Wollstonecraft

No man chooses evil because

No man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

109

Elias Canetti

The fear of burglars is

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.

493

Sophie Swetchine

The ideal friendship is to

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

24

Sophie Swetchine

We expect everything and are

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

57

Tom Lehrer

The Army has carried the

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

150