Tuesday 12 September 2006

Fewtril #119

If a scholar changes his outlook in maturity, we may say he has shrugged off his youthful fantasies – or lost his marbles.

2 comments:

niconoclast said...

Most people travel from Left to Right don't they, which suggests that conservativism - if I can spell it - is a sign of maturity. Arrested moral and intellectual development is what old lefties suffer from.

D. C. Warmington said...

Most people travel from Left to Right don't they, which suggests that conservativism - if I can spell it - is a sign of maturity.

Reminds me of the old adage: "A liberal is a conservative who's never been mugged".