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Quotes – How A Lie Betrays Itself

Falsehood always seeks to imitate the truth.

~Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges

Author The LionPosted on March 7, 2021Categories wisdomTags lies, quotes, truthLeave a comment on Quotes – How A Lie Betrays Itself

Quotes – Success As A Foregone Conclusion

The winning side is most widely applauded when the victory is evident.

~Patrick O’Brian

Author The LionPosted on February 6, 2021Categories wisdomTags Patrick O'Brian, success, victoryLeave a comment on Quotes – Success As A Foregone Conclusion

Quotes – From Where Revolutions Stem

Political trials are always vain formalities; for the very passions that produce the accusation also lead to the condemnation. Such is the terrible logic of revolutions.

~Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After

Author The LionPosted on January 19, 2021Categories books, philosophy, political economy, wisdomTags Alexandre Dumas, quotesLeave a comment on Quotes – From Where Revolutions Stem

Quotes – The Heights of Criticism

Very littleĀ achievementĀ is required in order to pity another man’s shortcomings.

~George Eliot, Middlemarch

Author The LionPosted on October 30, 2020Categories wisdomTags George Eliot, quotesLeave a comment on Quotes – The Heights of Criticism

Quotes – Sycophancy

As long as a man is in command, be he the worst of fools, there are people around him committed to the belief that he commands well.

~Maurice Druon

Author The LionPosted on July 24, 2020Categories wisdomTags quotes, sycophancyLeave a comment on Quotes – Sycophancy

Quotes – The Boldness of Stupidity

Stupidity is no bar to enterprise; on the contrary, it tends to conceal difficulties which an intelligent man would consider insuperable.

~Maurice Druon

Author The LionPosted on May 25, 2020May 26, 2020Categories entrepreneurship, philosophy, wisdomTags enterprise, intelligence, quotes, stupidityLeave a comment on Quotes – The Boldness of Stupidity

Quotes – The Veracity of History

It is terrifying to think how much research is needed to determine the truth of even the most unimportant fact.

~Stendhal

Author The LionPosted on May 25, 2020May 26, 2020Categories history, philosophy, wisdomTags data, epistemology, quotes, science, truthLeave a comment on Quotes – The Veracity of History

Quotes – The Risks of a Regal Soul

It is a great misfortune to be born with the soul of a king if one is not destined to reign.

~Maurice Druon

Author The LionPosted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020Categories philosophy, wisdomTags quotes, regalismLeave a comment on Quotes – The Risks of a Regal Soul

Quotes – Foundations of Friendship

The best friendships are based on mutual interest and common plans for the future.

~Maurice Druon

Author The LionPosted on May 20, 2020Categories philosophy, wisdomTags friendship, planning, quotesLeave a comment on Quotes – Foundations of Friendship

Quotes – When Courage Falters

There are lists in which the bravest of warriors prove themselves singularly clumsy.

~Maurice Druon, The She Wolf

Author The LionPosted on August 9, 2019Categories wisdomTags courage, quotesLeave a comment on Quotes – When Courage Falters

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