Ability without ambition is tragedy: ambition without ability is farce.
Nov 142022
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Oct 242022
We often profess ourselves baffled by exceptionally bad behavior, though with a little reflection we could readily understand it. Incomprehension becomes our talisman, lest if we understood more, we might resist less.
Oct 142022
Who will flatter you today will denounce you tomorrow.
Oct 042022
The biggest problems are small problems, iterated indefinitely.
Aug 192022
The cat scratches at the door the moment it closes, and is the man so very different?
Aug 152022
The indifference of others reminds us unpleasantly of the indifference of the universe.
Aug 092022
Most artists who are supposed to have perished of drink or drugs in fact simply bored themselves to death.
Aug 022022
Purpose and motive are nearly opposite, and to stress one is inevitably to slight the other.
Aug 012022
Standing on your dignity makes you shorter.
Jul 212022
Grievances are often not merely nursed but cherished, and a great many people, deprived of theirs, would be nothing at all.