Those who profess indifference to what others think ought to advertise it less.
Feb 042019
Lying
To a quite unwreckable Lie,
To a most impeccable Lie!
To a water-tight, fire-proof, angle-iron, sunk-hinge, time-lock, steel-faced Lie!
Not a private hansom Lie,
But a pair-and-brougham Lie,
Not a little-place-at-Tooting, but a country-house-with-shooting
And a ring-fence-deer-park Lie.
—-Kipling
Jan 292019
If you can convince a man to believe nothing, you can convince him to believe anything.
Dec 122018
What matters is not the size of the lie but its endless repetition: we imagine a big lie is easier to swallow because there is no point in wasting the propaganda apparatus on a small one.
Dec 052018
Commiseration, n. The feeling of relief that there are some problems you don’t have.
Oct 242018
The man at pains to conceal his enviable qualities will be envied for his modesty.
Jul 302018
So the last shall be told that they are first, and the first that they are last: for many be hectored, but few persuaded.
Jul 242018
We begin to enjoy being called boys and girls when we know that we no longer are.
Jun 272018
The expressed desire to hear the unvarnished truth is among the world’s most popular lies.
Jun 212018
“Middle age” is the most optimistic phrase in the English language.
May 142018
It is possible, though unusual, to acquire the habit of finding truths comforting and lies unpleasant.