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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.

June 12, 2025

9 months ago

The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act

July 26, 2025

7 months ago

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they’d be forced into some other line of business.

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,

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