In my latest National Post column I say a pointless, petty sneer at a minor policy change shows in microcosm what’s wrong with contemporary politics.
“‘What fun it would be,’ he [Mustapha Mond, Resident World Controller of Western Europe] thought, ‘if one didn’t have to think about happiness.’”
Aldous Huxley Brave New World
His father: “How’d I do?” Barney: “I think you made an unforgettable impression.”
Mordecai Richler Barney's Version (After his vulgar father totally offends his new in-laws)
“It is easy to despise what you cannot get."
Aesop, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com
“Kim: They [some Englishmen they just met] are only uncurried donkeys.” The lama: “Then it is not well to make a jest of their ignorance.”
Rudyard Kipling Kim
“What is a human life worth unless it is incorporated into the lives of one’s ancestors and set in a historical context?"
Cicero, quoted in Andrew Nikiforuk School's Out