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?

August 19, 2025

12 months ago

Laws are like spiders’ webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but larger things break through and escape.

December 12, 2025

8 months ago

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to the level of incompetence…in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent

September 20, 2025

10 months ago

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

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