A Devious Dictionary

Dean Tudor is a journalism professor at the Ryerson Polytechnical
Institute and founding editor of the CBRA.

Some of the aphorisms, observations, and maxims collected here have been
previously published, others were created between 1983 and 1988, and
still others are more recent. Arranged A through Z, all of them are
self-evident cynicisms such as “computers cannot guess,” or
“temples are prisons,” or “without wine there would be no
worship.” Kafka wrote these too, but his were a bit more provocative.
When I was growing up, we used to play a game called “Confucius
say:” and stick in the most outlandish things. Lo and behold, here are
the answers in print. Try it yourself—“Confucius say: When the
wolves elect the shepherd, the sheep die.” It makes the book more
enjoyable.