SURPRISE

To those who wish to get acquainted with the author of the “general theory of morality” and this site, in addition to my first article, I offer the second prize of this resource: the opportunity to get an idea of my personal, more often, strived to that, succinct thoughts – in essence, aphorisms – that made up the book “320 Golden Rules of Life” . (And besides it already written, but waiting for the layout of at least “320 New Golden Rules of Life” and “320 Newest Golden Rules of Life”.     

1.Who’s smarter is in charge.
2.A woman for a man is the garden of his delights. A man for a woman is a desert of her expectations.
3.A traitor is not one who sings in the chapel of enemies, but who without missing stabs a familiar back.
4.The coronation of the terrible is preceded by the murder of the beautiful.
5.There’s no one to punish but yourself.
6.Wretched morality paves the way for a wretched future.
7.True powerlessness is when you can’t help someone you love.
8.

Stupidity comes through joy. Wisdom comes through pain.

9.Superfluous skills are never “superfluous”.
10.Don’t expect sober advice from a drunk.
11.A note of envy precedes the symphony of hate.  
12.The whirlpool of war does not dispose those involved to study the laws of its consequences.
13.Conflict is a person’s best exposer.
14.Sometimes a candle flame attracts a moth. And sometimes the fire itself is interested in the moth…
15.Forgiveness is in the price everyone pays.
16.Some come together to create, others to destroy.
17.He who has tasted honey – will not turn to water!
18.There are no miserable people: there are their ruthless circumstances.
19.Disadvantage is the loss not only of an intelligible appearance, but also of an intelligible content.
20.The despair goes away when you suddenly realise that no one will take pity on you.
21.De jure our children are “children”, de facto – they are “other people”.
22.You can be a soloist in life. Or you can sing in a choir. But it is important not to dance to someone else’s tune.
23.We are all carriers of distorted information about ourselves.
24.“He that seweth a case” to another, let him not sew himself!
25.Because of what people used to fight deadly duels, nowadays no one is knocked out of the saddle: he wiped the saliva off his face and, seemingly satisfied, rode onwards.
26.Parents’ mistakes are tomorrow’s trump cards for their growing children.
27.Casual liaisons are legitimate muds and ointments. 
28.A sense of infallibility breeds the self-deception of impunity.
29.Freedom of thought promises freedom and lack of conscience.
30.Some give birth to something, others bury it.

Aphorisms number 31—320 – coming soon! 🙂

[and 1-320 in Russian is here]