The facts I remember are too good to check.
Sep 302022
Sep 292022
At high stakes one must forget them.
Sep 282022
Moral philosophy warns us sternly against deriving ought from is, when it is far more common, and pernicious, to derive is from ought.
Sep 272022
To engage in morally dubious activities on a small scale, you have to pay off the local politicians and police. On a large scale it becomes necessary to endow chairs at Harvard.
Sep 262022
At every public lecture the audience, no matter how small, includes at least one member who doesn’t have a question, exactly, more like a comment.
Sep 232022
Crime is like most problems: you don’t need to know the cause to fix it.
Sep 222022
When everyone writes, no one reads.
Sep 212022
It is glorious to discover a commonplace for oneself.
Sep 202022
Only in the movies does it pour when it rains.
Sep 192022
Few men improve upon closer acquaintance, and none indefinitely.