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I Thought So, Volume 2
More Original Epigrams
Michael Lipsey
An epigram is a condensed thought, a few words that equal many. “A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement,” says Webster's Dictionary. In the ancient world, the first epigrams were inscriptions in verse, carved into the stones of tombs, statues, temples, and triumphal arches. With the advent of paper, they later evolved into brief morsels of insight, often witty or satirical.
I Thought So, Volume 2 is a new distillation of wisdom in the classic tradition of Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken, Epictetus, Samuel Johnson, and la Rochefoucauld. If you love epigrams, you’ll be surprised and delighted by the original mind reflected here. If you enjoy seeing things from a different angle, and like to discuss life’s larger questions, then this is the perfect book for you.
The epigrams are sectioned into the traditional categories and presented in a meaningful array. We begin with MANNERS because one is nothing without them. An ATTITUDE section is included because in these times one tries to be a Positive Person and to avoid Negativty. The ATTITUDE section may be somewhat contradicted by all the other sections, but “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds….” One does not read a book of epigrams like a novel; one quite properly skips around in it. Most readers will begin with HEALTH, then LOVE and WEALTH. FOOD and FRIENDSHIP will also draw attention. Some may foolishly forgo the invaluable lessons in MANNERS, MORALITY, and VANITY. Those who choose to skip MORTALITY will be forgiven.
Available from Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Partners/West
Published by Lost Coast Press
ISBN 978-1-935448-03-7 · Paperback · 136 Pages · 5 X 7
