Aphorisms #9, Food #15

The tragedy of English cooking is that “plain” cooking cannot be entrusted to “plain” cooks.

Countess Morphy, English Recipes (1935)

Aphorisms #8, Order of the Universe #30

What happens to Golden Ages is that they are supplanted by ages symbolized by baser, more practical metals.

Guy Davenport

Aphorisms #7

I live for syntax.

Raymond Chandler

Scenes from a Life #15, Aviation #10, Aphorisms #6

Nous ne demandons pas à être éternels, mais à ne pas voir les actes et les choses tout à coup perdre leur sens. Le vide qui nous entoure se montre alors...

Antoine de St. Exupéry, Vol de Nuit (1931)

Pictured in his P-38, at a airfield in Corsica, shortly before his death (1944)

Aphorisms #5, Scopitone #24

Ah, but I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now.

Bob Dylan, "My Back Pages" (1964)

Lines Taken Out of Context #6, Aphorisms #4

All men dream: but not equally.

T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Aphorisms #3

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bon.

Voltaire

Aphorisms #2

Ni le soleil ni la mort se peuvent regarder fixement.

François de la Rochefoucauld

Aphorisms #1

Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner.