Die Zeit ist wie ein Zirkus, immer damit beschäftigt, weiter zu ziehen.
Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.
Ben HechtPrejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.
Ben HechtI know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Ben HechtKindness, tolerance, integrity, modesty, generosity - these are attributes that events permit us. They are our holiday moods, and we are as proud of them as of the fine clothes we have hung away to wear on occasions.
Ben Hecht