Who does not publicly acknowledge his errors soon forgets that he made them.
Nov 302023
Nov 292023
Official corruption is always friction where the regime is honest, and usually lubrication where it’s not.
Nov 282023
Many places are nice to live, but you wouldn’t want to visit there.
Nov 272023
A hunger for novelty begets a tolerance for shoddiness: the new toy, though broken, will shortly be replaced.
Nov 242023
To make a small problem vanish, turn it into a big problem.
Nov 232023
To be a danger to oneself is a contradiction, for ethical hedonists, or a tautology, for everyone else.
Nov 222023
The fault lies ever in demand and not supply.
Nov 212023
To do what one does not approve is weakness; to do what one pretends to approve is servility.
Nov 202023
Everything speaks louder than words, though not at such length.
Nov 172023
The proponent of an idea must be more ruthless than the Mongols. No conquest is permanent; every mind-territory is forever up for grabs.