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).

February 6, 2025

11 months ago

One should as a rule respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison,

June 11, 2025

7 months ago

The preservation of the means of knowledge (let me repeat that: the means of knowledge

April 7, 2025

9 months ago

What is truth? We must adopt a pragmatic definition: it is what is believed to be true.

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