I have heard: it happened that a journalist died and reached the gates of paradise. Journalists are not supposed to go there; how...
A man wants to hang a painting. He has the nail, but not the hammer. Therefore it occurs to him to go over...
When I say that I enjoy hearing someone, I mean, of course, hearing deeply. I mean that I hear the words, the thoughts,...
The Greeks and Romans were thorough heroes, if you like; but they knew nothing about point d’honneur. If they had any idea of...
The word ‘empathy’ made its first appearance in the English language in 1909, as a translation of the German ‘Einfühlung’, in turn introduced...
In its more extreme forms persecution mania is a recognised form of insanity. Some people imagine that others wish to kill them, or...
Mankind has lived believing either in the reality of the soul and the illusoriness of matter, or in the reality of matter and...
A man had placed a carved image on his donkey and was leading him along. Many people bowed down when they met them...
'History', says Professor Oakeshott, who on this point stands near to Collingwood, 'is the historian's experience. It is "made" by nobody save the...
“The northern wind does not agitate our sails; nor Auster trouble our course with storms. In strength, talent, figure, virtue, honour, wealth, we are short...
