What is a trait, divorced from the man? A patch of color without a painting.
Jun 222023
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Jun 162023
Every liberty can be noxiously exercised.
Jun 092023
We err by treating vice as reprehensible, when it is usually only ridiculous.
Jun 062023
No one will ever know what it is like to be stupid.
Jun 012023
To act one must disregard some of the possible consequences of one’s actions: this we call morality.
May 292023
All other emotions dissolve in the bottomless reservoir of self-pity.
May 242023
To act one must disregard some of the possible consequences of one’s actions: this we call morality.
May 192023
When you can’t be frank, be clever, and when you can’t be clever, be quiet.
May 172023
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, no one can properly manifest more than five: Sloth, Pride, and Envy remain eternally at war.
May 112023
What would the penance be for having nothing to confess?