Civilization began When the sons killed the father And substituted the name-of-the-fa… Civilization is ending Now that we’ve killed off the name…
Never Win Anything
The remarkable thing about life is how time consuming it is
In this world A perfectionist can never admit a… Because and therefore He has nothing to learn In the world to come
Entire lives can be lived waiting for the other shoe to drop although often this just means you’re being crushed at a snail’s…
Nobody invents themselves so we’re left to choose between perfecting or reinventing ourselve… Nobody’s perfect of course
To paraphrase Hitchcock a marriage is only as good as its villain
If your phalanges cause you to philander pluck off the ring
The opposite of modest isn’t immodest, it’s honest The opposite of immodest is confident
It’s counterintuitive but refusing to make hard choices only to see them made on your beha… by the loudest voices still counts as being hoisted by y…
You’ve used others When you use your talents To serve yourself You’ve used God When you use your talents
Don’t fear death– Time is the chisel With which we sculpt the infinite Or if, like me, you work with word… Each day is a first edition
Chaucer said All good things must come to an en… Which was widely If begrudgingly Accepted as a good thing
In the first half of life I tried it your way and succeeded which is how I got over you In the second half of life I did it my way and failed
The original version’s working title was The Giveth and Taketh Away Tree but Silverstein couldn’t get it published
