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Bangers: 624 aphorisms from 9 deep thinkers
HELLO, SHORT ATTENTION SPANS. MEET APHORISMS.
BANGERS is a book like no other. Inside this book you will learn from history’s youngest classics professor Nietzsche, Napoleon’s favorite writer Goethe, Roman slave-turned-artist Syrus, and more. And you will learn not via long chapters, complicated jargon, and obtuse arguments, but via aphorisms. Aphorism, a small statement that makes a big impact. A one line philosophy lesson. A literary lightning strike. A banger.
The aphorisms inside this book are about you. All 624 of them. They are about your love life. Your dark side. Your sloth. Your rage. Your country. Your creativity. Your world. Your friends. Some of them were written when Julius Caesar was alive, others when Napoleon ruled Europe—and yet they are relevant. They are interesting. They are alive.
This is a reference guide. This is a masterclass in thinking deeper. This is a book you will be quoting for a long, long time to come…
***“If ever a man was tormented by the accursed ambition of putting a whole book into a page, a whole page into a phrase, and that phrase into a word, I am that man.”
- Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
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BANGERS is a book like no other. Inside this book you will learn from history’s youngest classics professor Nietzsche, Napoleon’s favorite writer Goethe, Roman slave-turned-artist Syrus, and more. And you will learn not via long chapters, complicated jargon, and obtuse arguments, but via aphorisms. Aphorism, a small statement that makes a big impact. A one line philosophy lesson. A literary lightning strike. A banger.
The aphorisms inside this book are about you. All 624 of them. They are about your love life. Your dark side. Your sloth. Your rage. Your country. Your creativity. Your world. Your friends. Some of them were written when Julius Caesar was alive, others when Napoleon ruled Europe—and yet they are relevant. They are interesting. They are alive.
This is a reference guide. This is a masterclass in thinking deeper. This is a book you will be quoting for a long, long time to come…
***“If ever a man was tormented by the accursed ambition of putting a whole book into a page, a whole page into a phrase, and that phrase into a word, I am that man.”
- Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
****
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Published May 17, 2025
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June 21, 2025
I am a reader, collector, and occasional writer of aphorisms. Like a gold miner in the Wild West, I was able to unearth some gems while sifting through the contents of this book.
Shown below are some wise and pithy observations from La Rochefoucauld, Nicolas De Chamfort
and others...
We promise according to our hopes; we perform according to our fears.
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To establish ourselves in the world we do everything to appear as if we were established.
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Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.
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Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
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A WITTY woman told me one day what may well be the secret of her sex: it is that every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.
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Beware of the patient man The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
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A man's life is like a well, not like a snake— it should be measured by its depth, not by its length.
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In selecting a wife use your ears before your eyes.
Shown below are some wise and pithy observations from La Rochefoucauld, Nicolas De Chamfort
and others...
We promise according to our hopes; we perform according to our fears.
==========
To establish ourselves in the world we do everything to appear as if we were established.
==========
Everyone blames his memory, no one blames his judgment.
==========
Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.
==========
A WITTY woman told me one day what may well be the secret of her sex: it is that every woman in choosing a lover takes more account of the way in which other women regard the man than of her own.
==========
Beware of the patient man The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
==========
A man's life is like a well, not like a snake— it should be measured by its depth, not by its length.
==========
In selecting a wife use your ears before your eyes.
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