We say that we don’t understand, not humbly, but petulantly, to fault the speaker for pretension, or obscurity, or knowledge of the subject.
Oct 132015
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
Oct 052015
Sometimes we laugh because it’s funny, sometimes to be polite or to be rude; but usually to show that we understand the joke.
Oct 022015
To have taste is to have too much confidence in it.
Sep 072015
Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, and Sanctimony.
Jul 292015
Some are stingier with praise out of high principle than any are, out of avarice, with money.
Jun 252015
Some accept praise reluctantly, as if not quite able to believe that others can discern their subtle yet profound merit.
Mar 172015
It is only out of politeness that most writers cite someone else as their favorite author.
Mar 062015
We reserve our warmest admiration, not for what is utterly beyond us, but for what we secretly believe we might have done ourselves on our very best day.
Nov 242014
Being bad at math does not make you good at art.
Nov 142014
An American has no betters, as far as he knows.