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.

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

November 25, 2025

8 months ago

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise.

July 23, 2025

1 year ago

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.

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