The names of things you probably didn’t know…

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

People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing. Jean-Paul Sartre

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?”

“There is no one way to anything.” Chinua Acebe