Quotes Library

June 6, 2025

The ignoramus has no doubts.

Italian proverb

How many doubt-deficient persons have you come across in your career?

You can always tell an ignoramus from twenty paces, by their swagger. Beware, however, it is not always revealed physically.

March 14, 2025

1 year ago

[Of political life] The hatreds which sound so real when you read the words, which look so true when you see their scornful attitudes

December 17, 2025

8 months ago

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers,

November 25, 2025

8 months ago

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise.

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