# 38 The laconic-ironic passages

Юрий Михайлович Низовцев

What's the difference between worthlessness and nothingness?

Nothingness has everything, while worthlessness has nothing.


How can you become an intellectual?

You have to complain on people, which can't understand you.


What system is most pleasant to live under?

One that's unpleasant for others.


What's good about a noose?

It can, after a while, settle comfortably around your neck.


To live simply is to be a plant, easily trampled.


Cows can't express their thoughts by mooing, but that doesn't mean they don't have any.