Quotes Library

June 5, 2025

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

Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), Italian historian and statesman, Ricordi, C, 7

Think hard. Have you ever done something so stupid?

Never forget that the secret of success in politics is the slowness with which you make enemies. You will make them, in any event, but why rush?

September 11, 2025

11 months ago

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on buses and in the subway.

April 6, 2025

1 year ago

In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life.

January 14, 2025

2 years ago

[On the popularity of Margaret Thatcher] The further you got from Britain, the more admired you found she was.

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