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The Aphorism (n.) is not meant to convince but to point.
The Aphorism (n.) is a tickler of the subconscious.
An Aphorism (n.) is all one needs to go to the center of the matter.
The Aphorism (n.) is less something that one has to “work” on and more like a brightly colored butterfly that one catches as it's passing by.
An Aphorism (n.) is like a painting. In a relatively small space, it gives a self-contained, whole image which seeks an impact on the soul.
The Aphorism (n.) is not a building block within a structural whole but a spark of personal inspiration and insight.
An Aphorism (n.) is a glance at truth - hence short.
The Aphorism (n.) is a lonely thought.
The Aphorism (n.) attacks foundations.
The Aphorism (n.) plays with and on words.
The Aphorism (n.) speaks for itself, by itself.
The Aphorism (n.) will often sound foolish in order to ring true.
The Aphorism (n.) is able to inspire a lively conversation, but reverberates better in a silent spirit.
The Aphorism (n.) is an anarchistic kind of writing.
An Aphorism (n.) is an animal to ride for a while.
The Aphorism (n.) is an art form born when logical systems crumble within the heart.
The Aphorism (n.) is at a times a thought, at times a joke, at times a bit of free verse, a loose haiku, an image, a glance, a paradox, an observation—almost anything, as long as it’s short.
The Aphorism (n.) is different from almost all other forms of literature in that it releases the reader quickly. It does not create a mental or emotional world for the reader to live in.
The Aphorism (n.) is full of good will if for nothing else than the fact that if you reject it you haven't wasted a lot of time.
America (n.) is a silly mass-hysterical fantasy.
America (n.) is a 100 year cultural bubble. 90% hype, 10% substance.
America (n.) is a country of base drives of mass movements fed by politicians wanting to be elected.
America (n.) justifies its craziness by claiming most advanced nation status. It's not a justification, it's a warning.
America (n.) is where medicine is the closest thing to a religion we have.
America (n.) is a country whose essence can be discovered if one simply replaces the commonly used word, 'active' with 'nervous.'
America (n.) is a police state compared to Italy.
America (n.) is a spiritual butcher shop.
America (n.) is a theatocracy. Rule of the theatrical.
America (n.) is not a civilization but an anti-civilization, an honored member of history's great destroyers.
Anger (n.) is hot and red and free of the past.
Capitalism (n.) is a cultural system that wishes us to pursue happiness, not to attain it.
Capitalism (n.) is a better functioning system - people work like asses.
Capitalism (n.) is a nervous disease.
Consciousness (n.) is ALWAYS wrong; and as such it shines best in laughter.
Anxiety (n.) is the infinite which everyone is in touch with.
Technology (n.) is life's way of making a species weaker.
Mathematics (n.) is a type of dream world. Because natural phenomenon often follow its roads does not make it real.
The American (n.) is wont to confuse freedom and over-stimulation.
Medicine (n.) is for slaves, cattle and workhorses.