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.

July 6, 2025

1 year ago

If you are seeking the favor of men, be careful never to give a flat refusal to anyone who makes a request of you.

September 5, 2025

11 months ago

[On freedom of the press] The intrusion of government into this domain is symptomatic of the disease of this society.

March 6, 2025

1 year ago

Democracy is rarely beautiful in its workings, for the many refuse to be refined, restrained, and artistic.

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