Source: The Red Pyramid
“Never bet against the United States of America”
“In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.”
52, Im Kampf zwischen Dir und der Welt, sekundiere der Welt.
Aphorism 52 in Unpublished Works 1916-1918 http://www.kafka.org/index.php?unpub1916_1918
Variant translations:
In the struggle between yourself and the world, back the world.
In the struggle between yourself and the world, side with the world.
In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
The Zürau Aphorisms (1917 - 1918)
Variant: In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world.
“Something that bad, it makes the headlines. They were idiots to bet against physics.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter (p. 149)
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
Frequently attributed to Freud, but there is no evidence Freud ever said it http://www.freud.org.uk/about/faq/.
Misattributed
Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell
Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013), Chapter 3 “Blood and Breath and Water” section 1 (p. 146)
