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.”

April 20, 2025

8 months ago

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.

May 4, 2025

8 months ago

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

March 27, 2025

9 months ago

[On David Steel, Leader of the Liberal Party] He’s passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

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