Polojko's Blog! – Page 206 – "The only person you can't learn from is yourself"

Good reason

A good reason for hanging out with people is to learn things that I can later use for these aphorisms.

Portraits

In order not to offend them, a good portraitist is painting people the way they perceive themselves, not as they are in reality. Thus portraits of famous people aren’t valid historical documents.

Diaries

People who keep diaries either have a very high opinion of themselves or they have some psychological problems.

Digressions

Digressions are the best way to penetrate the core of things.

Sweet death

S. Prokofiev’s grandfather, according to legend, died at 97 by falling from the ladder that he used to visit his mistress. What a sweet death!

Cards

When you start using credit instead of a debit card for buying groceries, you’d better find an additional source of income, fast.

My ex called me today, only to say that my mere existence is messing her life up, despite that we haven’t heard from each other in months, and live far away from each other. Does that mean that I should kill myself, in order to make her happy?