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.

August 17, 2025

12 months ago

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

July 14, 2025

1 year ago

How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese?

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