In a series early morning posts on what surely must be the most ironically named of all social media sewers, Donald Trump has turned his thoughts to William Shakespeare, branding The Bard of Avon as, "A stoopid Limey who wrote a bunch of crap."
Commenting on Much Ado About Nothing Trump writes, "Well ain't that just the truth?" And in another rather petulant post he asks, "Who the hell was this Henry guy? Seven goddamn plays about him when surely one would've been enough."
Passing judgement on All's Well That Ends Well, Trump's verdict was, "Huh. I thought that steaming pile of dogshit was never gonna end at all."
But perhaps and unsurprisingly, the great and the good of British theatre have been flocking to Social Media all day to defend, some say, Britain's greatest ever writer. Paraphrasing Shakespeare, Sir Kenneth Branagh commented: 'The mind boggles at depth of this Trump's total ignorance - and what's more, methinks he doth protest too much.'
Part 1 of our series on modern aphorisms had an erudite introduction. Part 2 doesn’t.
Here is our second selection of aphorisms for modern times. Wise, true, memorable, concise – these are none of the words that describe our efforts:
None of us are as stupid as all of us - except the really stupid ones
It's not big, and it's not clever, but it was pretty funny
If wishes were fishes you'd stink of mackerel
On the path less travelled you are more likely to sprain your ankle
Just because it feels right doesn't make it legal
Behind every successful man is a right wing think tank funded by billionaires
Let lying dogs sleep
Spare the rod and spoil the emu
The road to Hell is full of potholes
Truth Social is stranger than fiction
He who laughs last misses the next gag
If it is worth doing, someone else will eventually do it
A fairy tale is a horror story to prepare children for the newspapers
Ever notice, when finally you’ve got to a position where you’re holding all the cards,
that everybody else is playing chess?
Who cares if the world is full of apathetic people?
A fool and his money are soon partying.
These modern aphorisms are based on the collective wisdom of modelmaker, FlashArry, amd deskpilot
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