Parents, and governments, pursue order, not justice.
Sep 202016
Sep 192016
Stupid people, inconveniently, are often right.
Sep 162016
Americans abhor idleness. This is their greatest virtue, and their greatest vice.
Sep 152016
The shrewdest strivers all profess a deep and abiding respect for intellect, provided it keeps its distance.
Sep 142016
The cultural norm always precedes the psychological theory that is eventually invoked to justify it.
Sep 132016
Many men prefer seduction to sex, and many women prefer sex to seduction.
Sep 122016
To study ethics, read fiction, not philosophy.
Sep 092016
Nothing is too serious to look trivial on television.
Sep 082016
Demanding respect is the infallible sign of not deserving it.
Sep 072016
With his philanthropy the tycoon assuages his guilt for the good he has done with his business.