January 09, 2004

ONE STEP AHEAD

Wisdom from a cretin:

The secret to life is to fuck up just enough that it doesn't catch up with you until after you're dead.

As Peter Briffa says: “Cretin? The guy's a genius. I hope he never posts again. It would ruin everything.”

Posted by Tim Blair at January 9, 2004 10:37 AM
Comments

sounds a lot like "Après moi le déluge" supposedly said by that sophisticated European Frenchman, King Louis XV.

Cretins occasional drop pearls of wisdom, just as blind squirrels sometimes find acorns. My time may yet come.

Posted by: Peggy Sue at January 9, 2004 at 10:57 AM

This appears to be the motto of virtually every brother of every President the US has ever had...

Posted by: Jerry at January 9, 2004 at 03:27 PM