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 5, 2025

7 months ago

It is a great folly to offend many if you only want to insult one man.

January 2, 2025

12 months ago

Politicians, like prostitutes, are held in contempt. But what man does not run to them when they need their services?

March 28, 2025

9 months ago

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

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