SEVEN APHORISMS

by Richard Kostelanetz

Anyone who advertises himself as a crook can’t be surprised if people avoid him.

If you don’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone, get rid of everything you own.

Imagine what the planet Earth might look like if seen from the sun.

All ghosts know what they were but do not tell.

Stealing what nobody wants, you’ll never be arrested.

The bloodless can’t blush.

Begging for pennies is less profitable than begging for millions.