The more you believe in the moral worth of your cause, the more willing you are to commit dubious deeds in its behalf; and perfect righteousness implies complete fluidity.
Feb 222019
Self-Loving
We all come into this world with our little egos equipped with individual horns. If we don’t blow them, who will?
—DeWitt
Feb 182019
We can be sure, when we are told that all interpretation is biased, that an egregiously biased interpretation will shortly follow.
Feb 042019
Those who profess indifference to what others think ought to advertise it less.
Jan 222019
You can never teach a man to love his neighbor as himself, but with a little effort you can teach him to hate himself every bit as much as his neighbor.
Nov 192018
We know, and judge, ourselves by what we intend and mean; others, by what they do and say.
Oct 102018
The idealist wants extra credit for the wrong answer.
Sep 242018
The best disguise for a dunce is as an intellectual.
Sep 142018
I am reasoned with.
You are persuaded.
He is manipulated.
Jul 252018
To imagine not knowing what we know is the indispensable habit of the historian; its opposite is easier to master.
Jul 232018
The minor vices we all recognize and deplore; the major ones pass for virtues.