What did Arthur Koestler mean by: In the pun, two strings of thought are tangled into one acoustic knot. Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary Copy
+ Two half truths do not make a truth. Author, July 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Deception, Misleading, Truth, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ Woe unto the defeated, whom history treads into the dust. Author, August 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Consequences, Defeat, History, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Evolution, Perspective, Time, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Brain, Evolution, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Clarity, Theory, Understanding, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Actions, Courage, Fear, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ Adolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Adolescence, Humor, Reflection, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
+ One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Koestler, Honesty, Silence, Truth, 0 Arthur Koestler Author · Hungary
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France