Quotes Library

January 24, 2025

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Count Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944), Fascist politician, son-in-law to Benito Mussolini, Diary (1946) vol.2, 9 September 1942, Jay p.95

You know this saying has a hundred fathers, don’t you?

In fact, Ciano is wrong. Politicians are the fathers of every defeat. Ask Mary Chesnut (vide January 26).

May 26, 2025

7 months ago

Don’t take a nickel, just hand them your business card.

May 2, 2025

8 months ago

Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal

June 30, 2025

6 months ago

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.

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