Quotes Library

September 6, 2025

Prejudice is the raft unto which the ship-wrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

Ben Hecht (1894–1964), American journalist, writer, A Guide for the Bedevilled (1947), Seldes p.177

What do you suppose caused the shipwreck? And to what sort of safety?

No doubt Jane Austen would agree that pride can be made to serve the same purpose.

January 20, 2025

2 years ago

The key to building a superstar is to keep their mouth shut. To reveal an artist to the people can be to destroy him.

November 20, 2025

8 months ago

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

February 3, 2025

1 year ago

Revolution: n., a bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.

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