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.”

February 15, 2025

10 months ago

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;

June 27, 2025

6 months ago

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.

February 22, 2025

10 months ago

The majority is the best way, because it is visible and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.

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