It turns out that the number of patents in a given technological field is only weakly correlated with its rate of improvement
There is a certain type of Australian intellectual who is forever sidling up to the cultivated Englishman, insinuating: ‘I, of course, am not like these other crude Australians
I don’t want to absolve the Russians or Ukrainians of responsibility for their handling of the aftermath of communism
infiniti che le [storie] leggono, pigliono piacere di udire quella varietà degli accidenti che in esse si contengono, sanza pensare altrimenti di imitarle
Rousseau a été mon maître depuis l’âge de quinze ans
Wir sollen so lernen, wie die Griechen von ihren Vergangenheiten und Nachbarn lernten – zum Leben, also mit größter Auswahl und alles Erlernte sofort als Stütze benutzend
Reviews are generally pernicious … because they teach people rather to judge than to consider, to decide than to reflect: thus they encourage superficiality
When you borrow money, you sell a friend
We cannot point to one historical example in which a temporary labour shortage has been remedied with a temporary labour migration programme
She calls the Gallic carrum a “Latin word.” Yes, if she calls spaghetti English