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.”

January 12, 2025

2 years ago

It is a great error to speak of the things of this world absolutely and indiscriminately and to deal with them,

November 22, 2025

11 months ago

Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak.

February 22, 2025

2 years 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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