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.”

September 15, 2025

5 months ago

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong—but that is the way to bet.

May 11, 2025

10 months ago

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

March 20, 2025

11 months ago

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

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