Quotes Library

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.

December 17, 2025

2 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,

March 11, 2025

12 months ago

Finality is not the language of politics.

June 18, 2025

8 months ago

It is no inglorious thing to have fear for the safety of our country, but to be turned from one’s course by men’s opinion

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