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.

Anonymous 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".