For every man who pursues the thing there are ten who pursue the appearance of the thing.
Feb 252022
Feb 242022
There have been historically four ways of dealing with conquered people, corresponding to the four stages of civilization: kill them; enslave them; tax them; and supply them with money, weapons, military training, and ample reason for resentment, then leave.
Feb 232022
The most ardent patriots are not natives, and the most towering snobs are not aristocrats.
Feb 222022
Insanity is a subtle and marvelous logician.
Feb 212022
Some anonymous wit once said he didn’t care what you did as long as you didn’t do it in the street and frighten the horses. The West is embarking on its second century of frightening the horses.
Feb 182022
Beware the too-helpful, who have nothing better to do.
Feb 172022
Every vote is in favor of the election, every abstention is opposed.
Feb 162022
Small lies must be plausible; big lies must be vivid.
Feb 152022
Official authorities wonder endlessly why they are reviled and distrusted without ever arriving at the notion that they may be vile and untrustworthy.
Feb 142022
To be a citizen of the world is less, not more, than to be a European; and to be a European is less, not more, than to be an Italian, or a German, or a Greek.