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 26, 2025

1 year ago

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they’d be forced into some other line of business.

March 8, 2026

8 months ago

The terrorist and the policeman come from the same basket.

July 21, 2025

1 year ago

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

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