Polojko's Blog! – Page 253 – "The only person you can't learn from is yourself"

Reason

Being scared without a reason is the same as laughing without inducement.

Dating rule

When dating women, I have only one rule: I don’t go with women who have smaller breasts than me.

Orgasm

In the moments of orgasm, man is closest to God. It’s not bad immediately before that, either.

Self-forgetfulness

At the core of all human activities is self-forgetfulness, as a device for dealing with the temporal nature of our lives.

https://medium.com/meta-life/self-forgetfulness-9caff04b2f6

Promiscuity

At the core of our promiscuity – sexual or otherwise – is our gullibility.

Real trouble

We are in real trouble when even our personality starts working against us.

Capitalism

In capitalism, expenses are public, and profits are private. Talking about democracy!

Life

In your thirties, you believe that life is still in front of you;
In your forties, you still believe that, but a suspicion starts to creep in;
In your fifties, you are wondering where it’s gone.

Disappointment

The moment we realize we are not the smartest is the moment of our biggest disappointment.

Defeats

Thomas M. Disch: That man did not know about defeats: he did not recognize them.