Quotes tagged "aphorist"

Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are staring at them that they do not eat as much and as frequently as they seem to.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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