Aphorisms by Welles Reymond
Posted on March 8, 2008
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Welles Reymond published a little book called Words & Feelings, Chuckles & Tears. It is a little book; the format is slightly smaller than your average credit card. The aphorisms in the book are almost all about romantic love, a subject most aphorists find difficult to address in other than cynical or suspicious terms. Reymond’s tone is often melancholic, even rueful. There is a sense of ‘if I knew then what I know now…’ throughout, as evidenced by the very last aphorism in the book:
I wish I had read these epigrams before I had to write them.
Still, the bitter wisdom of the book is leavened by regular eruptions of humor, the chuckles alluded to in the title. A selection of Reymond’s other sayings:
Slings and arrows are boomerangs.
When you worry about whether it’s over or not, it is.
Looking back at love lost is like turning your back on a sunrise.
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There is Napoleon in the realistic mode: “The only victory over love is flight.”