Quotes Library

June 5, 2025

It is a great folly to offend many if you only want to insult one man.

Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), Italian historian and statesman, Ricordi, C, 7

Think hard. Have you ever done something so stupid?

Never forget that the secret of success in politics is the slowness with which you make enemies. You will make them, in any event, but why rush?

April 3, 2025

9 months ago

The Press, my Lords, is one of our great out-sentries; if we remove it, if we hoodwink it

February 15, 2025

10 months ago

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;

January 21, 2025

11 months ago

The quality of legislation passed to deal with a problem is inversely proportional to the volume of media clamor that brought it on.

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