The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge... falls ripe from its stem; but those who have eaten with sobriety find no need to discuss the processes of digestion.


Counter-Currents (1916)


The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge... falls ripe from its stem; but...

The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge... falls ripe from its stem; but...

The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge... falls ripe from its stem; but...

The well-ordered mind knows the value, no less than the charm, of reticence. The fruit of the tree of knowledge... falls ripe from its stem; but...