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 28, 2025

1 year ago

I always voted at my party’s call, And I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

October 19, 2025

9 months ago

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

October 28, 2025

9 months ago

[Definition of] Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

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