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Simon Carmiggelt

7 October 1913-30 November 1987

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40 (age) is the age at which people realise that will have to deal with the truth about themselves, heavy stuff, that almost nobody wants to face.

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Chinese (language) is a language in which very wise things have been said, but that sounds to a Westerner like the sound of a moving bicycle wheel.

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The Cow is the solid citizen of the animal world, who finds contentment at the low level of eating and drinking.

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Culture is the method with which a man stops himself from doing what his lower ego wants him to.