A civilized man will sometimes go native; but a native, except under extraordinary duress, will never go civilized.
Aug 212018
Aug 202018
The philosopher, who needs to remember what he knows, forgets; and the historian, who needs to forget, remembers.
Aug 172018
The law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, and this, precisely, is the source of its majesty.
Aug 162018
Secret police at all times and places have been delighted by the size and enthusiasm of their volunteer auxiliaries.
Aug 152018
There are two reasons to be optimistic about children: parents don’t affect them much, and neither does school.
Aug 142018
Tenure would be an ideal system for the protection of heretical ideas if it were ever given to a person who might express one.
Aug 132018
The phone completes your sentences and soon it will complete your thoughts.
Aug 102018
Ideologies overtly hostile to civilization are among its less fortunate byproducts.
Aug 092018
There are people who say a lot of true things, and people who say a lot of insightful things, but not the same people.
Aug 082018
Enthusiastic agreement is an infallible sign that you have not been understood.