Olympian sign: Selections from Truisms, The Living Series, and The Survival Series

(Truisms II)

Mothers shouldn’t make too many sacrifices
Much was decided before you were born
Murder has its sexual side
Myths make reality more intelligible
Nothing upsets the balance of good and evil
Occasionally principles are more valuable than people
Offer very little information about yourself
Often you should act like you are sexless
Old friends are better left in the past
Opacity is the irresistible challenge
Pain can be a very positive thing
People are boring unless they’re extremists
People are responsible for what they do unless they’re insane
People who don’t work with their hands are parasites
People who go crazy are too sensitive
People won’t behave if they have nothing to lose
Physical Culture is second-best
Planning for the future is escapism
Playing it safe can cause a lot of damage in the long run
Private property created crime
Pursuing pleasure for the sake of pleasure will ruin you
Push your self to the limit as often as possible
Raise boys and girls the same way
Random mating is good for debunking sex myths
Rechanneling destructive impulses is a sign of maturity
Recluses always get weak
Redistributing wealth is imperative
Relativity is no boon to mankind
Religion causes as many problems as it solves
Remember that you always have freedom of choice
Resolutions serve to ease your conscience
Revolution begins with changes in the individual
Romantic love was invented to manipulate women
Routine is a link with the past
Routine small excesses are worse than the occasional debauch
Sacrificing yourself for a bad cause is not a moral act
Self-awareness can be crippling
Self-contempt can do more harm than good
Selfishness is the most basic motivation
Selflessness is the highest achievement
Sex differences are here to stay
Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison
Sloppy thinking gets worse over time
Sometimes science advances faster than it should
Sometimes things seem to happen of their own accord
Spending too much time on self-improvement is anti-social
Starvation is nature’s way
Sterilization is a weapon of the rules
Strong emotional attachments stem from basic insecurity
Stupid people shouldn’t breed
Survival of the fittest applies to men as well as animals
Symbols are more meaningful than things themselves
Taking a strong stand publicizes the opposite position
Talking is used to hide one’s inability to act
Teasing people sexually can have ugly consequences
Technology will make or break us
The idea of revolution is an adolescent fantasy
The idea of transcendence is used to obscure oppression
The idiosyncratic has lost its authority
The land belongs to no one
The more you know the better off you are
The most profound things are inexpressible
The mundane is to be cherished
The only way to be pure is to stay by yourself
The world operates according to discoverable laws
There are too few immutable truths today
There’s no sense being anywhere but the top of the heap
There’s nothing except what you sense
There’s nothing redeeming in toil
Thinking too much can only cause problems
Threatening someone sexually is a horrible act
Timidity is laughable
To disagree presupposes moral integrity
Torture is barbaric
Trading a life for a life is fair enough
True freedom is frightful
Unquestioning love demonstrates largesse of spirit
Using force to stop force is absurd
Violence is permissible even desirable occasionally
War is a purification rite
We must make sacrifices to maintain our quality of life
When something terrible happens people wake up
Wishing things away is not effective
Words tend to be inadequate
Worrying can help you to prepare
You are a victim of the rules you live by
You are guileless in your dreams
You are responsible for constructing the meaning of things
You are the past, present and future
You can’t fool others if you’re fooling yourself
You don’t know what’s what until you support yourself
You have to hurt others to be extraordinary
You must be intimate with a token few
You must have one grand passion
You must know where you stop and the world begins
You never know what people really think about you
You only can understand someone of your own sex
You owe the world not the other way around
You should study as much as possible
Your actions are pointless if no one notices
Your oldest fears are the worst ones

(Survival)

You hover near lovely unconscious life forms that offer no immediate resistance
Fingers slide where the brain is closer to the surface and pursue the intentions lying there
Bodies lie in the bright grass and some are murdered and some are picnicking
Silly holes in people are for breeding or from shooting
Your toothless grin smiles up at explosive devices in the sky
Your modern face scans the surprise ending
Protect me from what I want
They all scream whether they deserve it or not
People look like they are dancing before they make love
You are trapped on the earth, so you will explode
Hide underwater or anywhere so undisturbed you feel the jerk of pleasure when an idea comes
Honey, tell me exactly what will happen on earth and if you want it
Put food out in the same place everyday and talk to the people who come to eat and organize them
Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later
Someone else’s body is a place for your mind to go
Dance on down to the government and tell them that you’re eager to rule because you know what’s good for you
The breakdown comes when you stop controlling yourself and want the release of a bloodbath
Spit all over someone with a mouthful of milk if you want to find out something about their personality fast
Mothers with reasons to sob should do it in groups in public and wait for offers
What urge will save us now that sex won’t?
Rapture becomes you
Outer space is where you discover wonder, where you fight and never hurt earth
If you stop believing this, your mood turns ugly
Die fast and quiet when the interrogate you or live so long that they are ashamed to hurt you anymore
If you had behaved nicely the communists wouldn’t exist
Trust visions that don’t feature buckets of blood
In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy
When there’s no safe place to sleep you’re tired from walking all day and exhausted from the night because it is twice as dangerous then
Fat on your hips comes when you sit and lie
Don’t shoot civilians
Laugh hard at the absurdly evil
When you expect fair play you create an infectious bubble of madness around you
It’s hard to know if you’re crazy if you feel you’re in danger all the time now
You are so complex that you don’t always respond to danger
Men don’t protect you anymore
With all the holes in you already, there is no reason to define the outside environment as alien
When someone beats you with a flashlight, you make light shin in all directions
Finding extreme pleasure will make you a better person if you’re careful about what thrills you
Tear ducts seem to be a grief provision
Use a stun gun when the person coming at you has a good excuse
Don’t watch the underclass, it’s more likely that the warlords will kill you
The beginning of the war will be secret
Who was your mother that you are so bad?
Go to where people sleep to see if they’re safe
The conversation always turns to living long enough to have fun
Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating
Turn soft and lovely anytime you have a chance
What country should you adopt if you hate poor people?
Use what is dominant in a culture to change it quickly
The mind craves time
Respect for life means you love surprises and adventures
You don’t want complete control because you have to kill repeatedly to get that
It’s fun to walk carelessly in a death zone
Ride the planet while it still spins true and shout predictions
You’re caught thinking about killing anyone you want
We repel enemies
You live the surprise results of old plans
Remorse in advance is efficient
It’s easy to get people when they fly
That peculiar impotence lets people scream but not act in the last days of the green planet
You don’t care what’s real
Let your hand wander on flesh to make possibility and multiply
You would kill yourself in public if you thought it would stop the war
It’s embarassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons
Projectiles enter the hypnotized life and inject a sharp desire for more living
Shoot into infinite space to hit a target in time and call it inevitable
A harsh wobble marred the orbit and sickened the party

(LIVING)

THERE’S THE SENSATION OF A LOT OF FLESH WHEN EVERY SINGLE HAIR STANDS UP. THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE COLD AND NAKED, AROUSED OR SIMPLY TERRIFIED.

JUST ONE ROTTEN SPOT IN YOUR HEAD CAN MAKE EVERY MOVEMENT PAINFUL. YOU CAN’T ROLL YOUR EYES, BEND DOWN OR JUMP AND LAND WITH IMPUNITY. EVEN THINKING HURTS.

AFFLUENT COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS FACE THE REAL PROSPECT OF DOWNWARD MOBILITY. FEELINGS OF ENTITLEMENT CLASH WITH THE AWARENESS OF IMMINENT SCARCITY. THERE IS RESENTMENT AT GROWING UP AT THE END OF AN ERA OF PLENTY COUPLED WITH A REASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL MEASURES OF SUCCESS.

POSSIBLY THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST MURDERER IS A TWO- YEAR-OLD BOY WHO CRUSHED HIS PLAYMATE’S SKULL.

BY YOUR RESPONSE TO DANGER IT IS EASY TO TELL HOW YOU HAVE LIVED AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU. YOU SHOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE, WHETHER YOU THINK YOU DESERVE TO AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT’S ANY GOOD TO ACT.

THE RICH KNIFING VICTIM CAN FLIP AND FEEL LIKE THE AGGRESSOR IF HE THINKS ABOUT PRIVILEGE. HE ALSO CAN FIND THE CUT SYMBOLIC OR PROPHETIC.

WHEN YOU’VE BEEN SOMEPLACE FOR A WHILE YOU ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO BE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE. THIS LETS YOU OPERATE WITH A MINIMUM OF INTERFERENCE.

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING THEIR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR NOSES.

IT’S EASY FOR YOU TO FEEL BETRAYED WHEN YOU’RE WAVING YOUR ARMS AROUND AND THEY COME CRASHING DOWN ON A SHARP OBJECT.

THERE’S NO REASON TO SLEEP CURLED AND BENT. IT’S NOT COMFORTABLE, IT’S NOT GOOD FOR YOU AND IT DOESN’T PROTECT YOU FROM DANGER. IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT AN ATTACK YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE OR SLEEP LIGHTLY WITH LIMBS UNFURLED FOR ACTION.

WITH BLEEDING INSIDE THE HEAD THERE IS A METALLIC TASTE AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT.

IF A HOUSE IS BITTER COLD, ALL THE FLUIDS THEREIN, IF NOT FROZEN, ARE STIFF AND SLOW.

A LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN IN A COMA FOR WEEKS BUT SMILED AND CAME OUT OF IT WHEN HER FRIENDS SANG SONGS.

IT’S AN ODD FEELING WHEN YOU TRIGGER INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR, LIKE NURSING, IN SOMEONE. IT’S FUNNY TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE WHILE A DIFFERENT PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TAKES OVER AND HIS EYES GET STRANGE.

THE SMALLEST THING CAN MAKE SOMEBODY SEXUALLY UNAPPEALING. A MISPLACED MOLE OR A PARTICULAR HAIR PATTERN CAN DO IT. THERE’S NO REASON FOR THIS BUT IT’S JUST AS WELL.

SOMEONE WANTS TO CUT A HOLE IN YOU AND FUCK YOU THROUGH IT, BUDDY.

YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF ENTER SOMEWHERE FRIGHTENING IF YOU BELIEVE YOU’LL PROFIT FROM IT. THE NATURAL RESPONSE IS TO FLEE BUT YOU DON’T ACT THAT WAY ANYMORE.

PETS CAN BE CHOSEN BY THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS GREAT EXCITEMENT, AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE. REPTILES DON’T SHOW MUCH BUT ARE VALUED AS EXOTICA.

EVEN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE APPROACHING. HIS SHADOW SHOWS ON THE INSIDES OF YOUR EYELIDS.

IT’S AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING WHEN PARTS OF YOUR BODY ARE TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. I’M THINKING OF THE SENSATIONS FROM SEX AND SURGERY.

CHRIS IS LIVING IN GENE’S STATION WAGON. HE HAS BEEN THROWN OUT OF EVERYWHERE ELSE, INCLUDING MY BUILDING. ALTHOUGH HE’S A NICE GUY, HE DRINKS SO MUCH AND SHOOTS SO MUCH JUNK THAT HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING HALF OF THE TIME.

WITHOUT WARNING, YOUNG ADULTS CAN HEMMORHAGE AND DIE. ANEURYSMS – WEAK BALLOON-LIKE SECTIONS OF ARTERY – ARE THE CAUSE. IF THE BALLOON BREAKS, UNCONTROLLABLE BLEEDING OCCURS. A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS ANEURYSM IS FOUND IN THE HEAD.

SOMEBODY JUST ROBBED A STORE WITH A SNAKE. NO JOKE, A GUY OPENED HIS JACKET TO REVEAL A BOA CURLED AROUND HIS BELLY. HE SUCCESSFULLY THREATENED THE CASHIER WITH THE REPTILE’S HEAD.

WHAT A SHOCK WHEN THEY TELL YOU IT WON’T HURT AND YOU ALMOST TURN INSIDE OUT WHEN THEY BEGIN.

THE FOND OLD COUPLE WAS DISAPPEARING TOGETHER THROUGH SUCCESSIVE AMPUTATIONS.

TUNNELING IS GOOD FOR TRANSPORTATION, CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT AND THE DUAL PROSPECT OF SAFETY AND SUFFOCATION.

IF YOUR CLOTHES CATCH ON FIRE, DROP DOWN IMMEDIATELY, ROLL UP IN A BLANKET, COAT OR RUG TO SMOTHER THE FLAMES, REMOVE ALL SMOLDERING CLOTHING AND CALL A DOCTOR OR AMBULANCE.

SOME DAYS YOU WAKE AND IMMEDIATELY START TO WORRY. NOTHING IN PARTICULAR IS WRONG, IT’S JUST THE SUSPICION THAT FORCES ARE ALIGNING QUIETLY AND THERE WILL BE TROUBLE.

HAVING TWO OR THREE PEOPLE IN LOVE WITH YOU IS LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK.

MORE PEOPLE WILL BE BUILDING HIDING PLACES IN THEIR HOMES, SMALL REFUGES THAT ARE UNDETECTABLE EXCEPT BY SOPHISTICATED DEVICES.

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

YOU LEARN THE HARD WAY TO KEEP A FINGER ON YOUR NIPPLE WHEN SHAVING YOUR BREAST.

GIFTED CHILDREN — THOSE WITH AN IQ OF 125 OR ABOVE — ARE PRONE TO FEELINGS OF ALIENATION, FRUSTRATION AND BOREDOM. THESE FEELINGS CAN CULMINATE IN VIOLENCE IF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ENCOURAGED AND CHALLENGED.

THERE IS A TERRIBLE PHASE WHEN ABUSED ANIMALS OR CHILDREN ACT POLITELY AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. BY THIS STAGE, THOUGH, THEY ARE SO OBVIOUSLY WEAK AND UNAPPEALING THAT THEY GET LITTLE RESPONSE. IF THEY DON’T DIE THEY BECOME SAVAGE.

EFFIGIES LET YOU STUDY OR ACT UPON SOMEONE WITH IMPUNITY. THEY ARE GOOD FOR PRACTICE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF PRECISE AND RAPID MOVEMENTS TO PREPARE A MEAL. CHOPPING, STIRRING AND TURNING PREDOMINATE. AFTERWARDS, YOU STACK AND MAKE CIRCULAR CLEANING AND RINSING MOTIONS. SOME PEOPLE NEVER COOK BECAUSE THEY DON’T LIKE IT, SOME NEVER COOK BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT. FOR SOME, COOKING IS A ROUTINE, FOR OTHERS, AN ART.

AFTER DARK IT’S A RELIEF TO SEE A GIRL WALKING TOWARD OR BEHIND YOU. THEN YOU’RE MUCH LESS LIKELY TO BE ASSAULTED.

THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE SCARRED AND THE SKIN IS PULLED AROUND, LIKE THE NAVEL OR THE HEAD OF THE PENIS, THAT LEAVE YOU THINKING THE BODY IS FRAGILE.

IN A PARADISIAC CLIMATE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND SIMPLE WHEN YOU ARE PERFORMING BASIC ACTS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL.

MORE THAN ONCE I’VE AWAKENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHER I WAS CRYING OR WHETHER IT WAS INVOLUNTARY, LIKE DROOLING.

IF YOU WISH TO LIVE ANONYMOUSLY, SUCCESS IS CONTINGENT ON FOREGOING THE MANY BENEFITS ATTACHED TO IDENTIFICATION, AND YOU MUST NEVER BE SCRUTINIZED OR CAPTURED.

IT’S A SAFE GAME TO PLAY WITH YOUR NOSE, SHUTTING OFF THE AIR AND LETTING IT FLOW AGAIN. THEN YOU CAN ESCALATE AND SEE HOW LONG YOU LAST UNTIL YOU PASS OUT, YOUR HAND RELAXES AND YOU BREATHE NORMALLY AGAIN.

THE MOUTH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT’S ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE THE DRY OUTSIDE MOVES TOWARD THE SLIPPERY INSIDE.

HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT POSITION TO LIE DOWN WITH PEOPLE OR EVEN ANIMALS? OFTEN ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS SMOTHERED OR CONTORTED. WHEN DONE PROPERLY, THOUGH, EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY.

LITTLE QUEENIE

ANY NUMBER OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS LIE FACE DOWN ON THE BED AND WORK ON ENERGY, HOUSING, LABOR, JUSTICE, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE AND BALANCE OF TRADE.

THERE’S THE SENSATION OF A LOT OF FLESH WHEN EVERY SINGLE HAIR STANDS UP. THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE COLD AND NAKED, AROUSED OR SIMPLY TERRIFIED.

TRUISMS I

A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY

A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS

A MAN CAN’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER

A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN

A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF GENIUS

A SINGLE EVENT CAN HAVE INFINITELY MANY INTERPRETATIONS

A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS A SENSE OF SELF

A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU

ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT

ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES

ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED

AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE

AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE

ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATING FORCE

ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL

ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE EARTH

AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING

AUTOMATION IS DEADLY

AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE

BAD INTENTIONS CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS

BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR

BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE

BEING JUDGMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE

BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS

CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY

CATEGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING

CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN THE OPPRESSED BECOME TYRANTS

CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY

CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE

CLASS ACTION IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE

CLASS STRUCTURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC

CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST

CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT

DECADENCE CAN BE AN END IN ITSELF

DECENCY IS A RELATIVE THING

DEPENDENCE CAN BE A MEAL TICKET

DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR

DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY

DISGUST IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MOST SITUATIONS

DON’T PLACE TOO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS

DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES

DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION

DYING AND COMING BACK GIVES YOU CONSIDERABLE PERSPECTIVE

DYING SHOULD BE AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG

EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL

ELABORATION IS A FORM OF POLLUTION

ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN’T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY

EVEN YOUR FAMILY CAN BETRAY YOU

EVERY ACHIEVEMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE

EVERYONE’S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT

EVERYTHING THAT’S INTERESTING IS NEW

EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE SPECIAL CONCESSIONS

EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID

EXPRESSING ANGER IS NECESSARY

EXTREME BEHAVIOR HAS ITS BASIS IN PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

EXTREME SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO PERVERSION

FAITHFULNESS IS A SOCIAL NOT A BIOLOGICAL LAW

FAKE OR REAL INDIFFERENCE IS A POWERFUL PERSONAL WEAPON

FATHERS OFTEN USE TOO MUCH FORCE

FEAR IS THE GREATEST INCAPACITATOR

FREEDOM IS A LUXURY NOT A NECESSITY

GO ALL OUT IN ROMANCE AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY

GOVERNMENT IS A BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE

GRASS ROOTS AGITATION IS THE ONLY HOPE

GUILT AND SELF-LACERATION ARE INDULGENCES

HABITUAL CONTEMPT DOESN’T REFLECT A FINER SENSIBILITY

HIDING YOUR MOTIVES IS DESPICABLE

HUMANISM IS OBSOLETE

HUMOR IS A RELEASE

IDEALS ARE REPLACED BY CONVENTIONAL GOALS AT A CERTAIN AGE

IF YOU AREN’T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY

IF YOU CAN’T LEAVE YOUR MARK GIVE UP

IF YOU HAVE MANY DESIRES YOUR LIFE WILL BE INTERESTING

IF YOU LIVE SIMPLY THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

IMPOSING ORDER IS MAN’S VOCATION FOR CHAOS IS HELL

IN SOME INSTANCES IT’S BETTER TO DIE THAN TO CONTINUE

INHERITANCE MUST BE ABOLISHED

IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT

IT IS MAN’S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF

IT’S BETTER TO BE A GOOD PERSON THAN A FAMOUS PERSON

IT’S BETTER TO BE LONELY THAN TO BE WITH INFERIOR PEOPLE

IT’S BETTER TO BE NAIVE THAN JADED

IT’S BETTER TO STUDY THE LIVING FACT THAN TO ANALYZE HISTORY

IT’S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE

IT’S GOOD TO GIVE EXTRA MONEY TO CHARITY

IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY CLEAN ON ALL LEVELS

IT’S NOT GOOD TO LIVE ON CREDIT

IT’S VITAL TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE

JUST BELIEVING SOMETHING CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN

KILLING IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF

KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE ADVANCED AT ALL COSTS

LABOR IS A LIFE-DESTROYING ACTIVITY

LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL

LETTING GO IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO

LISTEN WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS

LOOKING BACK IS THE FIRST SIGN OF AGING AND DECAY

LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY

LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION

MANUAL LABOR CAN BE REFRESHING AND WHOLESOME

MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE

MODERATION KILLS THE SPIRIT

MONEY CREATES TASTE

MONOMANIA IS A PREREQUISITE OF SUCCESS

MORALS ARE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES

MOSTLY YOU SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS