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 29, 2025

2 years ago

Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than more gifted fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,

August 12, 2025

1 year ago

You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them.

October 29, 2025

12 months ago

If you are involved in important affairs or seeking power, you must exaggerate your successes.

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