#bobok

The wisest of all, in my opinion, is he who can, if only once a month, call himself a fool — a faculty unheard of nowadays.

I went out in search of diversion and ended up at a funeral.

“The one who’s smarter than all the rest is the one who calls himself a fool at least once a month”

"To be astonished at everything, of course, is silly, while to be astonished at nothing is much more handsome, and for some reason is recognized as good form. But surely it's not like that in reality. In my opinion, it's much sillier to be astonished at nothing than to be astonished at everything. And what's more: to be astonished at nothing is almost the same thing as to respect nothing. And a silly man is not capable of showing respect."

But for the time being I want no lying. That's all I want, because that's the chief thing. It's impossible to live on earth and not lie because living and lying are synonymous ...