Quotes Library

March 26, 2025

The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosopher and poet, The Conduct of Life (1860) ‘Worship’, Jay p.133

Are you always too eager in seeking the good opinion of others, selling yourself a bit too earnestly? Be careful.

Worse still—as an elderly nun once advised—“Beware the ‘holy’ ones.”

August 7, 2025

7 months ago

Welfare became a term of opprobrium—a contentious, often vindictive area of political conflict

May 7, 2025

10 months ago

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

March 23, 2025

11 months ago

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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