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).

June 4, 2025

7 months ago

The vice-presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

March 31, 2025

9 months ago

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

February 28, 2025

10 months ago

The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but a mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature,

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