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> [A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/a-lot-of-truths-about-the-living-world-are-recorded-in-bad-books-they/)

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## More by Joseph Roth

> [“Never yet has such furious movement brought in its train such slowness in the passage of time. Everything is spinning, only time stands still.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/never-yet-has-such-furious-movement-brought-in-its-train-such/)

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> [“Above all there's a lack of personal discipline, manners, decorum, natural discretion. If everyone causes their own individual catastrophes, how can there fail to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/above-all-there-s-a-lack-of-personal-discipline-manners-decorum/)

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> [“The good man believed that shortsighted people were also deaf and that their spectacles would become clearer if their ears heard more sharply.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/the-good-man-believed-that-shortsighted-people-were-also-deaf-and/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/a-moving-shadow-means-more-to-us-than-a-body-at-rest-we-are-no-longer/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [“The world to come will be like this triangular railroad junction, raised to some unknown power. The earth has lived through several evolutionary stages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/the-world-to-come-will-be-like-this-triangular-railroad-junction/)

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> [ “\[O\]ur relationship with nature has become warped. You see, nature has acquired a purpose where we are concerned. Its task is to amuse us.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/o-ur-relationship-with-nature-has-become-warped-you-see-nature-has/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/that-is-originally-why-the-concept-evolved-to-include-accessories-we/)

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> [That was how things were back then. Anything that grew took its time growing, and anything that perished took a long time to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/that-was-how-things-were-back-then-anything-that-grew-took-its-time/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [“Somebody cracks a joke, a whole row laughs, one witticism sets off another, and, like matches, they flare up and burn down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/somebody-cracks-a-joke-a-whole-row-laughs-one-witticism-sets-off/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [“A skyscraper is the incarnate rebellion against the supposedly unattainable; against the mystery of altitude, against the otherworldliness of the cerulean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/a-skyscraper-is-the-incarnate-rebellion-against-the-supposedly/)

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> [“Of course the merchandise appears to be cheaper. Because where there are so many things close together, they can hardly help not thinking of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/of-course-the-merchandise-appears-to-be-cheaper-because-where-there/)

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> [Although the noise of the chattering clientele is much more significant than the topics of their chatter, it does finally constitute that type of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/although-the-noise-of-the-chattering-clientele-is-much-more/)

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> [“The weeping willows, on the other hand, are evocative of death. They are a little contrived, a little exaggerated, still green in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/the-weeping-willows-on-the-other-hand-are-evocative-of-death-they-are/)

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> [A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/a-lot-of-truths-about-the-living-world-are-recorded-in-bad-books-they/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

> [“Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/because-human-nature-will-not-deny-its-weaknesses-even-where-it-is/)

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