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    Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners
    Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners
    Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners
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    Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners

    By Kelvin Roy-Gapper

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    An aphorism may be a polished and pithy piece of distilled philosophy.

    Or it could just be, in the words of the 19th-century American writer and cynic, Ambrose Bierce, “predigested wisdom”.

    Aphorisms: they are what you make them and what you make of them, perhaps.

    In these lively, amusing, and thought-provoking pages, writer Kelvin Roy offers aphorisms from down the ages and for all occasions.

    He has accumulated smart one-liners or wry observations from an impressively broad cast of characters which includes unlikely guests at the same table: Heraclitus, Lao Tzu, Michelangelo, inevitably Oscar Wilde, and, somewhat improbably, Keith Richards.

    Which proves that aphorisms are like the most shaded part of your anatomy, everyone’s got one.

    Roy has collected, collated, and created aphorisms; he lays them out for all to see, herds them into pens of pensiveness, and never labors aphoristic alliteration... unlike some.

    This always-amusing collection illustrated by his young son (“Living with a child is like living with a Zen master”) includes aphorisms which can be conversation-stoppers, are finely crafted wisdom to ponder or just “a few words in a fast-paced world”, as he says in his instructive introduction.

    Most of these quips, considered observations, or off-the-cuff drolleries have the welcome economy of a koan in this time of information overload, are open questions for an age when people want quick answers; they are wit for the Twitter age and sometimes a contemplative silence in the static and surface noise of the modern world.

    Of aphorisms, Roy aphoristically observes, “The idea is to stimulate the maximum amount of thought with a minimum of words.”

    And therein lies their reason for being. Aphorisms enlighten, provoke, make you laugh, or simply function as smart one-liners to drop into a conversation.

    But, as a wise man says in this marvelously compact book, “Beware the man who speaks in aphorisms.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley
    Release dateAug 31, 2018
    ISBN9780463613122
    Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners
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    Kelvin Roy-Gapper

    Kelvin Roy has been making music for decades, running the gamut, and taking up the gauntlet in graphic graciousness. The alliteration may be pretty, but his new book—Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners—is a different non-fiction entirely. While he has spent much of his life turning time into space, his new book turns space into timelessness. And his one-liners take up a lot of space in the mind’s eye. For those who want to find, a few words may prove to be just what is sought, which, of course, is thought.

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      Aphorisms - Kelvin Roy-Gapper

      About the Author

      Kelvin Roy has been making music for decades, running the gamut, and taking up the gauntlet in graphic graciousness. The alliteration may be pretty, but his new book—Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners—is a different non-fiction entirely. While he has spent much of his life turning time into space, his new book turns space into timelessness. And his one-liners take up a lot of space in the mind’s eye. For those who want to find, a few words may prove to be just what is sought, which, of course, is thought.

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      Dedications

      For Gilbert and Gordon

      Atavistically Yours…

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      Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners

      Published by Austin Macauley at Smashwords

      Copyright 2018, Kelvin Roy-Gapper

      The right of Kelvin Roy-Gapper to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the

      Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All Rights Reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with the written permission of the publisher, or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      A CIP catalogue record for this title is

      Available from the British Library.

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      www.austinmacauley.com

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      Aphorisms: Gifted One-Liners, 2018

      Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd.

      ISBN 9781788781831 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781788781848 (Hardback)

      ISBN 9781788781855 (E-Book)

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      First Published in 2018

      Austin Macauley Publishers.LTD/

      CGC-33-01, 25 Canada Square

      Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ

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      Acknowledgments

      Thanks to Gary Steel and Graham Reid for their valuable input. Also thanks to James Geary. And to my son Gilbert for his insightful illustrations.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      Aphorisms # 1: Gifted One-Liners

      Aphorisms # 2: Expanding Boundaries… To Know or Not to Know

      Thinking and Learning

      Starting

      Aphorisms # 3: Embellishment

      Truth

      Ideas

      Aphorisms # 4: Inverses (Inversions)

      Humanity

      Art and Music

      Religion

      Reason

      Philosophy

      Mistakes

      Understanding

      Perspective

      Proactivity

      Change

      Progress

      Variations

      Practicality and Pragmatism

      The Ironies of Life

      Confidence

      Motivation

      Inspiration

      If

      Aphorisms # 5: Action

      Talking

      Points

      World(s)

      Life

      Movement

      Memory

      Mortality

      Rhymes

      Ethics

      Cycles

      Books

      Reality/Virtuality

      Imagination

      Space

      Time and Timing Again

      Business and Media

      Just Suppose We Juxtapose

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      Introduction

      My father was a newspaper editor, who specialized, among other things, in headlines. He had a gift for one-liners, one would have to say. So I guess he passed the mantle to me.

      Since your memory is only as good as what you write down, several years ago I started making notes and keeping the sayings I wrote. Memories of a few that had come up in conversation over the years—like there’s a fine line between prophetic and pathetic—led to my making a start. And it also reminded me once more of the importance of a good sense of humor!

      Life, being too serious to take seriously, demands aphorisms, which can range from cathartic to positively suggestive to funny. Like life itself, aphorisms are part of the journey, like a signpost. And their universality makes

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