You can stay in a huff forever, but not the same huff.
Jul 272018
Jul 262018
Many people I like aren’t my friends, and some of my friends I don’t much like.
Jul 252018
To imagine not knowing what we know is the indispensable habit of the historian; its opposite is easier to master.
Jul 242018
We begin to enjoy being called boys and girls when we know that we no longer are.
Jul 232018
The minor vices we all recognize and deplore; the major ones pass for virtues.
Jul 202018
We are regularly informed, by people with talent for a discipline, that nothing is required to master it but effort.
Jul 192018
Fool-proof is difficult, genius-proof is impossible.
Jul 182018
Better than nothing is an exacting standard: medicine has met it only recently, and to many prestigious and lucrative occupations it remains a fond hope.
Jul 172018
With each passing year I find the argument that “no one could possibly be that stupid” less persuasive.
Jul 162018
The pleasure in having people admire your work lasts until you see what else they like.