Quotes Library

October 24, 2025

[On dealing with the Royal Family] I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister and novelist, The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.66

I’m sorry; did you say you forgot the question…or did I?

One of the advantages of age is that the faulty memory defense grows more credible every day.

August 16, 2025

12 months ago

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

April 16, 2025

1 year ago

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

August 20, 2025

11 months ago

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

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