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 27, 2025

6 months ago

If…a rulership aims not at the common good of the multitude, but at the private good of the ruler, it will be an unjust and perverted rulership.

October 8, 2025

5 months ago

Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room.

July 21, 2025

7 months ago

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

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