“Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.”
“Growth in the number of humans is associated with decline in humanity.”
“Decline is also a form of voluptuousness, just like growth. Autumn is just as sensual as springtime. There is as much greatness in dying as in procreation.”
“As if you can measure literary excellence with precise instruments; as if there were a science of writing, governed by equations that reveal immutable truths.”
“If you let your heart rule you, you’ll have a good ruler by which to measure things. This can be called wisdom.”
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your best wisdom. And who then knows why your body needs precisely your best wisdom?”