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Published Thursday, 24 March 2016 by Piper Haywood

Phrase of the week: “the ecstasy of sanctimony”

the ecstasy of sanctimony.

From the first chapter of The Human Stain by Philip Roth.

Such a great and concise phrase. Hadley Freeman referred to it recently in her Guardian column when describing the court of Twitter’s harsh and questionable justice.

Ephemera, ethics, Hadley Freeman, Philip Roth, politics, Quote, social media, to read,

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