I liked these ones:
The true poet reanimates in his work, in abbreviated form, the complete history of poetry.
The rose: how can it be naked and clothed, all at the same time?
In order to read many books, buy just a few.
I am humble among the serious, proud among the vain.
Here is a brief biography. Here are more of his aphorisms.
You know Tyler, last week I asked Juan Ramón Jiménez, “JJ, (I call him JJ), why did the Rockets draft Yao”? He gave me a look of infinite wisdom and sadness (I think he’s from Lugo) and he said, “Angus, what a great thing it is: to be absolute master of perfection and scorn it like this!”
Claiming authorship on the “humble among the serious, proud among the vain” line is a bit dubious – something quite close appears in Don Quijote, so either Cervantes made it up or it was a common aphorism way before the world ever heard of this one aphorist.
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