The World Outside Had Its

To Increase Desires To An Unbearable Level Whilst Making The Fulfillment Of Them More And More Inaccessible: This Was The Single Principle Upon Which Western Society Was Based.

Active People Don't Change The World Profoundly; Ideas Do. Napoleon Is Less Important In World History Than Jean-jacques Rousseau.

People Are Suspicious Of Single Men On Vacation, After They Get To A Certain Age: They Assume That They're Selfish, And Probably A Bit Pervy. I Can't Say They're Wrong.

Of Course, We Can Distinguish Between Males And Females; We Can Also, If We Choose, Distinguish Between Different Age Categories; But Any More Advanced Distinction Comes Close To Pedantry, Probably A Result Of Boredom. A Creature That Is Bored Elaborates Distinctions And Hierarchies. According To Hutchinson And Rawlins, The Development Of Systems Of Hierarchical Dominance Within Animal Societies Does Not Correspond To Any Practical Necessity, Nor To Any Selective Advantage; It Simply Constitutes A Means Of Combating The Crushing Boredom Of Life In The Heart Of Nature.

When A Country Is Strong... It Accepts Any Dose Of Pessimism From Its Writers.