Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.
Barry HughartMystery and terror are the bulwarks of tyranny.
Barry Hughart...the emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone hated.
Barry HughartThe problem with 'the crown jewel of Chinese literature' [Dream of the Red Chamber] is that it has two thousand pages and an equal number of characters, and the hero is an effeminate ass who should have either been spanked or decapitated, both ends being equally objectionable.
Barry HughartThe mind is a miser," he said. "Nothing is ever thrown away, and it's amazing what you can find if you dig deep enough.
Barry HughartShow me a quest for personal immortality and I'll show you a path through a slaughterhouse, and the incense of personal divinity is the stench of other people's corpses.
Barry HughartOx, what occupation is most closely linked to insanity?'
'Emperor,' I said promptly.
Ox, at an early age a Chinese genius gazes at the path that lies ahead and reaches for a wine jar," Master Li said. "Is it any wonder that our greatest men have lurched rather than walked across the landscape as they hiccuped their way into history?
Barry HughartI have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.
Barry HughartA fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.
Barry HughartTag: humorous-quotations
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