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Circular Saws

Chapter 37: XXXVI ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ
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The collection gathers dozens of short, humorous sketches that playfully invert familiar proverbs and aphorisms. Each piece recasts folklore motifs, classical or biblical allusions, and contemporary social scenes into ironic parables, juxtaposing fairy-tale logic with modern bureaucratic and domestic absurdities. Tone ranges from whimsical to sardonic, with concise narratives and punchline resolutions that expose human vanity, hypocrisy and the gap between sayings and reality. Many entries are brief fables or epigrams, organized under proverb-like headings that signal the theme of each vignette.

THEY had shown the newcomer all the sights of the place—Peter’s great keys, the alabaster walls, the sword of Michael, and Gabriel’s last trumpet. At last they brought him to the greatest wonder of all—the glass, in which all his life he had seen darkly. “Look,” they said, “for now you shall see God face to face.” He looked at first with unspeakable awe, then with surprise, last with bitter disappointment. “I am not judged worthy,” he said, turning sorrowfully away, “I saw nothing but myself.”