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 17, 2025

2 years ago

The important thing about the so-called ‘communications industry’ is that it is basically concerned with merchandising.

November 28, 2025

11 months ago

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

December 17, 2025

11 months ago

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers,

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