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,

May 3, 2025

1 year ago

You don’t mind dying for Queen and country, but you certainly don’t want to die for politicians.

March 12, 2025

2 years ago

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

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