November 16, 2025

There is no more ungraceful figure than that of a humanitarian with the eye to main chance.

Lord Hugh Cecil (1869–1956), British Conservative and provost of Eton, The Times, 24 June 1901, Jay p.79

How many humanitarians of your acquaintance care more for humanity than their own celebrity? What about yourself? Does your charity extend beyond your circle of interest or does it begin and end closer to home?

A klutz attempting to pass himself off as a master of flamenco—that’s ungraceful. A humanitarian with an eye to the main chance is a fraud.