Dark tonight

That which can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. Christopher Hitchens

Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The waitress replies, “I’m sorry, monsieur, but we’re out of cream. How about with no milk?”

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” Tacitus.

Only the dead have seen the end of war. Plato