11-04-2012, 12:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2012, 12:53 PM by Subeternal.)
Since I enjoy the play on words and sayings so much I have decided to do a "Aphorisms of the day" sort of thread. I'll share 2 that I like everyday. Feel free to share your own or comment on the them. They don't have to be aphorisms, any sort of saying or proverb will do.
1. Do not be deceived in men, for it is the worst, and the easiest of deceptions; far better to be cheated in price, than in the goods; nothing is more important than to look within: only there is a difference between knowing merchandise and knowing men; a great science to understand the minds of men, and to discern their humors: just as important to have studied men, as to have studied books.
2. A man of substance, and who he is, has little fondness for those who are not. Unhappy the conspicuousness that does not rest upon a sure foundation. Not all who seem to be, are men, but fakes, conceived as hybrids and born humbugs; many more are like unto them, in that they bolster them, taking more delight in the false, which promises most, because most, than in the truth, which promises little, because so little.
In the end their shams fare badly, for they lack foundation in truth, and only truth can bestow true reputation, and solid character prove profitable; one fraud makes necessary another and more; and so the whole of what is built up is flimsy, and as it rests upon air, it is destined to return to earth. Never has mere scenery lasted, for an outward show that promises too much, is sufficient to make itself suspect, just as that which is overly proved, is held impossible.
1. Do not be deceived in men, for it is the worst, and the easiest of deceptions; far better to be cheated in price, than in the goods; nothing is more important than to look within: only there is a difference between knowing merchandise and knowing men; a great science to understand the minds of men, and to discern their humors: just as important to have studied men, as to have studied books.
2. A man of substance, and who he is, has little fondness for those who are not. Unhappy the conspicuousness that does not rest upon a sure foundation. Not all who seem to be, are men, but fakes, conceived as hybrids and born humbugs; many more are like unto them, in that they bolster them, taking more delight in the false, which promises most, because most, than in the truth, which promises little, because so little.
In the end their shams fare badly, for they lack foundation in truth, and only truth can bestow true reputation, and solid character prove profitable; one fraud makes necessary another and more; and so the whole of what is built up is flimsy, and as it rests upon air, it is destined to return to earth. Never has mere scenery lasted, for an outward show that promises too much, is sufficient to make itself suspect, just as that which is overly proved, is held impossible.
