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).

April 27, 2025

8 months ago

A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization.

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;

June 29, 2025

6 months ago

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

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