Aphorisms


Maxims
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
The Waste Books
The Trouble With Being Born
Essays and Aphorisms
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
المياه كلها بلون الغرق
Meditations
The Zürau Aphorisms
Fragments
Maxims and Reflections
Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert: A Selection
Leaves of Hypnos
Vectors by James RichardsonNightwatch by James Garrabrant300 Arguments by Sarah MangusoA Silence of Words by Olivia DresherLittle Labors by Rivka Galchen
Contemporary American aphorists
13 books — 1 voter
Shepherd's Notes by Duane A. GarrettCommonplace Book by E.M. ForsterA Commonplace Book by Alec GuinnessJohn Milton and His Commonplace Book by Ruth MohlSur Plusieurs Beaux Sujects by Wallace Stevens
Commonplace Books
8 books — 2 voters


Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes. ”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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