Theodore Dalrymple – Simon Burrow

Rights vs Duties

SimonNovember 25, 20250

"In the modern climate, rights always trump duties." Theodore Dalrymple in Life at the...

DECLINE

SimonDecember 21, 20210

"Somatization Disorder, formerly hypochondria, is to worry about a disease you don’t have and is itself a...

Maxims

SimonDecember 14, 20210

“Life is a brief interval of consciousness between two eternities of oblivion.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass...

SimonDecember 7, 20210

“Wisdom after the event is by far the easiest kind of wisdom to attain, and by far the least...

SimonNovember 30, 20210

“It is surely no coincidence that everyone in Britain drinks tea, and everyone there dies.” Theodore...

SimonNovember 23, 20210

“It is common to over react.” “Like the tourists who cancel holidays in Greece because a bomb has gone...

Maxims

SimonNovember 16, 20210

“Passions are more easily stirred by phantoms than by realities.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...

DECLINE

SimonNovember 9, 20210

“One can usually panic about only one or two things at a time.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...

DECLINE

SimonNovember 2, 20210

“Frantic activity in the face of the inevitable …is another cause of unnecessary suffering.” Theodore...

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SimonOctober 26, 20210

“Health care is an unimportant component of the good life tout court.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria...

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