Aphorisms

Topic of the Day: perfection

18 July 1976: Nadia Comaneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Not even Satan is flawless. Now and then, he sins by doing good deeds.

aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Where the common sense is beyond recall, the aphorism gains in meaning.

aphorism by Hasier Agirre, translated by Dan Costinaş
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Yesterday my father turned to tears at the root of the tree.

aphorism by Camelia Oprița from diary (9 May 2019), translated by Camelia Oprița
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The suicide is very badly seen in Spain. As a matter of fact, it is an exercise of self-determination.

aphorism by Hasier Agirre, translated by Dan Costinaş
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An unusual week, like one of Antonioni's movies.

aphorism by Ramon Eder, translated by Dan Costinaş
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