Alfonso X on Aging
"Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends." Alfonso X of...
Tag: Maxim
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her...
Tell Me
Don’t tell me what you “think,” just tell me what’s in your portfolio. Nassim Taleb in Skin in the...
Russia (Churchill Quote)
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston...
Seeing
What you see is what you want to see. On our tour of Russia we went on a home visit in Uglich a small provincial town....
Looking Ahead (Churchill Quote)
"It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see." Winston...
The Mob
The mob hates due process Photo of the Tsars family before they were killed by the...
Catherine the Great
We are going to visit Russia so I'm reading a few books that are relevant. One is Catherine the Great by Robert...
Stories
"We age not by years, but by stories." Unknown This saying was on a postcard I received from somewhere in Eastern...
Gods Laugh
“If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.”...
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