A necessary evil is a contradiction in terms.
Nov 252022
Nov 242022
One flesh, in many marriages, is no mere metaphor: the vitality of husband and wife mix, and one waxes as the other wanes.
Nov 232022
We have laws against private usury, yet where are the laws against public uxory?
Nov 222022
Youth is a terrible thing not to waste.
Nov 212022
Necessity is contingency in retrospect.
Nov 182022
Certain villains achieve martyrdom by the peculiar luck of being murdered by men still more villainous.
Nov 172022
Anyone who writes enough can be rendered an idiot, or a genius, by the simple expedient of direct quotation.
Nov 162022
We are pleased when the serious man clowns, dismayed when the clown turns serious.
Nov 152022
To lie, cheat, and steal may be optimally adaptive, provided one maintains a reputation for never lying, cheating, or stealing.
Nov 142022
Ability without ambition is tragedy: ambition without ability is farce.