Aphorisms by Gregory Gash and Aron Vigushin
Posted on March 6, 2009
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Aphorists are everywhere, at work in every language, in every culture. But they often labor on the fringes, since aphorisms are still largely an unheralded literary genre—despite the fact that everybody uses aphorisms every day. It’s especially difficult to get hold of aphorisms written in other languages. Yes, La Rochefoucauld has been translated into zillions of foreign tongues. But what about contemporary practitioners who can’t find foreign publishers for their latest aphoristic blockbuster? It’s always a pleasure to present aphorists working in languages other than English. So without further ado, here are two contemporary Russian aphorists for your delectation. All aphorisms translated from the Russian by Aron Vigushin.
By Gregory Gash
Work—the only bad habit people want to get rid of.
Stupidity is like an umbrella; touch it and it opens.
By Aron Vigushin
Truth—a provisional agreement between opposing sides.
Resume—a lie that lands you a real job.
Advertising—bragging for which the buyer pays.
History—a science that describes past events from the present point of view.
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Wired, not Weird.
* The drums of history are covered with the skins of their makers. Leonid S. Sukhorukov
Very pleasant reading.
Looking forward to see more of your work in a near future.
V.V.
In politics, the fruit always turns sour before it turns ripe.
Lead me not into the corporate world but deliver me from evil.
God may be an atheist for all we know.
The heroic attitude toward pain: it all comes to nothing in the end.
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