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March 12, 2025

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American scientist, Ideas and Opinions of Albert Einstein (1954), Seldes p.119

Name five occasions when you were careless with the truth? Six? Too many to cite?

Beware white liars. Of course, not every one of them will become a big liar, but every big one started out as a white liar.

May 7, 2025

8 months ago

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor

February 13, 2025

10 months ago

It is a fine thing to face machine guns for immortality and a medal, but isn’t it a fine thing, too, to face calumny,

May 4, 2025

8 months ago

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

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