Maxim

by John Vignaux Smyth

 

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John Vignaux Smyth is the author of A Question of Eros: Irony in Sterne, Kierkegaard, and Barthes and The Habit of Lying: Sacrificial Studies in Literature, Philosophy, and Fashion Theory. The above is one of a continuing series of maxims Propeller asked him to contribute to the Summer 2012 "Consumption" issue. Smyth lives in Scotland.