We begin to enjoy being called boys and girls when we know that we no longer are.
Jul 242018
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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.
Jul 132018
Progress, n. The gradually increasing belief in the stupidity of one’s ancestors.
Jul 122018
Now and then, in support of a cause, someone exhorts me so ardently and so articulately that I know in my gut, without consulting the facts, that he is wrong.
Jul 112018
Life is exactly like high school, and not one bit like college.