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 24, 2025

1 year ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

January 18, 2025

2 years ago

To succeed pre-eminently in English public life it is necessary to conform either to the popular image of a bookie or of a

October 17, 2025

10 months ago

[When asked what he had done during the French Revolution] I survived.

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