Quotes Library

February 8, 2025

The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner they think it is their fault.

Henry Kissinger (1923- ), American foreign policy maker, James Naughtie in Spectator, 1 April 1995; attributed, Jay p.214

Wouldn’t that be nice? Do you usually bore other dinner guests?

Kissinger probably got away with that far too often.

June 18, 2025

1 year ago

It is no inglorious thing to have fear for the safety of our country, but to be turned from one’s course by men’s opinion

December 17, 2025

11 months ago

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers,

June 22, 2025

1 year ago

A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.

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