Ideas need not stand continuous duty, like sentries; you can abandon one without another fresh and ready to take its place.
Nov 012016
Oct 312016
Populism is the theory that your inferiors should have a say, and authoritarianism is the theory that it should be at your expense.
Oct 282016
It is difficult, when you are poor and obscure, to persuade anyone of your indifference to wealth and fame.
Oct 272016
Where books are burned, they are taken seriously.
Oct 262016
Write for the reader you want to have.
Oct 252016
We wonder at the man who gives his life to the group, forgetting that the group also gives its life to him.
Oct 242016
A few have learned to suppress their dismay that the world does not regard them quite as they regard themselves, and this we call modesty.
Oct 212016
We need not approve of the audience to crave its approval.
Oct 202016
The lottery ticket is cheap, it’s the hope that’s expensive.
Oct 192016
The relative demand for truth and opinion closely approximates the relative supply.