TY - JOUR AB - The European Journal of International Law Vol. 35 no. 4 © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of EJIL Ltd. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com. The Last Page Aphorism (/ˈafərɪz(ə)m/): a short phrase that says something true or wise. The truth is the best lie, he often says, He also declares, when the occasion calls for it ... Fasten your seat belts I’m brainstorming, not proposing This is just food for thought I won’t go to the rabbi over it. But: We want to publish scholarship with a shelf-life of at least five years Nothing is so good that it can’t be made better Everything gets better when cut by 10% Scrape the cholesterol out This article is an example of a good idea badly executed; that, an example of a bad idea well executed This is not exactly Torah from Sinai This article asks a question of how many angels can dance on the head of a TI - Thus Spoke JHH Weiler JO - European Journal of International Law DO - 10.1093/ejil/chae070 DA - 2025-03-20 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/thus-spoke-jhh-weiler-RRw4mSuM2m SP - 1117 EP - 1117 VL - 35 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -