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.”

March 24, 2025

2 years ago

[Of Winston Churchill] He is a terrible burden for any Govt. to carry—someone said of [his father] Randolph Churchill

December 26, 2025

10 months ago

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

December 2, 2025

11 months ago

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

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