Jardiel Poncela's wittiest quotes
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: History is a lie in hardback. · Dictatorship: a system of government in which whatever is not forbidden is compulsory. · There are two ways to be happy: one is to play the fool, the other is to be one.. (Updated Feb 12, 2019.)
"History is a lie in hardback", dictatorship where whatever is not forbidden is compulsory and barometers ignored by the weather: the wittiest maxims of Spanish humorist Enrique Jardiel Poncela.
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Top 12
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History is a lie in hardback.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Dictatorship: a system of government in which whatever is not forbidden is compulsory.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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There are two ways to be happy: one is to play the fool, the other is to be one.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Nobody worries about money as much as the rich, except the poor.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Everybody pays attention to barometers except the weather.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Everyone who has nothing to say shouts.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Experience is what we call a chain of mistakes.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Nothing is known about death: there is government censorship in the "hereafter".
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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9
Sincerity was invented by someone who wanted to make life miserable for others.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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Friendship, like the Flood, is something everyone talks about but nobody has seen.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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"Etcetera" is the rest of the wise and the excuse of the ignorant.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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If you want the highest praise, die.
Enrique Jardiel Poncela, from his «Máximas mínimas».
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