Build Refuges Against the Harshness of the Weather

I just finished reading a book of aphorisms called The Authentic Reactionary: Selected Scholia of Nicolás Gómez Dávila. Banger after banger is found in this book. Dávila, a Colombian Catholic philosopher, was famous for writing what he called "scholia," short sentences that punch out ageless wisdom. Dávila took great care in crafting each sentence so he…