High civilizations are lost not in battle but by forfeit.
Oct 052018
Oct 042018
Any man who masters the practice of a discipline will be told that he does not understand its theory.
Oct 032018
Every established bad practice relies on a vivid and convincing precedent; it has always worked, at least once.
Oct 022018
Being right twice a day makes a stopped clock useless: it can’t be depended on even for the wrong time.
Oct 012018
By learning our own thoughts and feelings we have made ourselves only partly miserable; by learning everyone else’s we will finish the job.
Sep 282018
Write briefly, and risk being misunderstood; or write at length, and assure it.
Sep 272018
Today a man removes his headphones where once he doffed his hat.
Sep 262018
Covers are to judge books by.
Sep 252018
Only atheists take the Bible literally.
Sep 242018
The best disguise for a dunce is as an intellectual.