Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Traitor Quotes

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We...

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by...

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities...

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities...

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed...

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret...

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not...

Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not...

Mom always said to laugh at my mistakes so pardon me if I laugh in...

Mom always said to laugh at my mistakes so pardon me if I laugh in...