I want to be embalmed - not that I believe in the life to come - only to spring a pleasant surprise on archeologists.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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It is a pity that dinosaurs have become extinct. Just think of the things that could have been made out of their skin.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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I furiously asked the waiter where my spoon was. He told me I was holding it in my hand. So customers are not always right.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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The sacrifice of the seeds rotting on stones is not futile. They will change into rich soil upon which other seeds will sprout.
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Nature errs, for indeed, it is an error to place so many aspirations and so much thirst for life in a frail and perishable body.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Shall we ever be able to fathom the mysteries of the Universe with only the five senses which Nature has temporarily entrusted to us?
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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For the time being, the history of the 21st century is a blank book. Yet the blood that will make it purple is already pulsating frantically through veins.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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The idealist claims that it is the idea of a stone that has hit him in the head. What is more, he maintains that the result is but the idea of a swelling bump.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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A container with proof of the civilization of our century has been buried in Osaka. It is to be dug out in 5,000 years' time. It remains to be seen whether archeologists will be that patient!
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Is that evolution? We have made ourselves clothes and lost our fur; we have made ourselves fur caps and lost our hair; we have made ourselves computers and only the devil knows what we are going to lose next.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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