Everything – Page 78 – A book of aphorisms
Jan 212021
 

To fend for oneself in a high civilization demands a certain cognitive minimum; when too many lack it the civilization lowers itself to meet them, and the process is hastened by letting them vote.

Jan 202021
 

Beauty has no history, and every history of art is only a history of taste.

Jan 192021
 

On a corporation’s website A political slogan is an act of mischief; in a shopkeeper’s window it is a plea to be spared.

Jan 112021
 

I can tolerate punishment for thought crime, but I draw the line at rehabilitation.