Knowing You’re Wrong
"You will never fully convince someone that he is wrong; only reality can." Nassim Taleb in Skin in the Game...
Category: Maxims
The Law
“Law is nothing else but the reason of wise men.” Abraham Lincoln Quoted in Lincoln's Last Trial by Dan Abrams A...
A Good Name
...But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor...
AOTBE
AOTBE All Other Things Being Equal A useful phrase for discussing...
Rituals and Routines
The difference between a routine and a ritual is.... about a generation. Discovered here, and...
Giving and Receiving
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. Attributed to many sources. So in...
Markets and Morality
"It is immoral to be in opposition to the market system and not live (somewhere in Vermont or Northwestern Afghanistan)...
Les Wisdom
"You don’t get in life what you want, you get in life what you are." Les Brown Motivational...
Alfonso X on Aging
"Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends." Alfonso X of...
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her...
