One May Not Regard The World As

The Jester Is Brother To The Sage.

One Of The Tests Of A Theory Is That, Once Grasped, It Appears Self-evident.

The 'gallows' Are Not Only A Symbol Of Death, But Also A Symbol Of Cruelty, Terror And Irreverence For Life; The Common Denominator Of Primitive Savagery, Medieval Fanaticism And Modern Totalitarianism.

What Is An Editor But A Cross Between A Fall Guy And A Father Figure? Arthur Koestler

Some Tribes [of Monkeys] Have Taken To Washing Potatoes In The River Before Eating Them, Others Have Not. Sometimes Migrating Groups Of Potato-washers Meet Non-washers, And The Two Groups Watch Each Other's Strange Behavior With Apparent Bewilderment. But Unlike The Inhabitants Of Lilliput, Who Fought Holy Crusades Over The Question At Which End To Break The Egg, The Potato-washing Monkeys Do Not Go To War With The Non-washers, Because The Poor Creatures Have No Language Which Would Enable Them To Declare Washing A Diving Commandment And Eating Unwashed Potatoes A Deadly Heresy.