Lord Boron
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“The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.”- Robert G. Ingersoll
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” ~ Frank Leahy
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” ~ Frank Leahy
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.“ ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.“ ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard"~ Adlai Stevenson
January 20, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard"~ Adlai Stevenson
“Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.” ~ José Rizal
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
“Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.” ~ José Rizal
“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” ~ Albert Einstein
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.” ~ Francis Quarles
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.” ~ Francis Quarles
“The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.” ~ John Maynard Keynes
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.” ~ John Maynard Keynes
“If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out.” ~ Will Rogers
December 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out.” ~ Will Rogers
“The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
“Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.” ~ John Maynard Keynes
December 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.” ~ John Maynard Keynes
“Well...letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it in.” ~ Charles Martin
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Well...letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it in.” ~ Charles Martin
“The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
“We must not let ourselves be seen as rushing around the world looking for arguments… Nor should we let ourselves be seen as ignoring allies, disillusioning friends, thinking only of ourselves… That is not how we survived the 20th century. Nor will it serve in the 21st.” ~ Daniel Patrick Moynihan
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“We must not let ourselves be seen as rushing around the world looking for arguments… Nor should we let ourselves be seen as ignoring allies, disillusioning friends, thinking only of ourselves… That is not how we survived the 20th century. Nor will it serve in the 21st.” ~ Daniel Patrick Moynihan
“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
What do we say about coincidence? …The universe is rarely so lazy.
December 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What do we say about coincidence? …The universe is rarely so lazy.
“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ~ Joseph Goebbels
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ~ Joseph Goebbels
“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." ~ Jonathan Swift
December 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." ~ Jonathan Swift
“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.” ~ Albert Camus
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.” ~ Albert Camus
"We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation." ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
December 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation." ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld