--- title: "12 Living Quotes By Osamu Dazai" description: "12 Living quotes by Osamu Dazai. Plus more from Osamu Dazai and more Living sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/osamu-dazai-2813_air_it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-ca_1024823.jpg" --- > [It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-can-t-stand-anyone-who-puts-on/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/osamu-dazai-2813_air_it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-ca_1024823.jpg) > [“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. A wearisome thought. I want money. Unless I have it… In my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-wonder-if-there-is-anyone-who-is-not-depraved-a-wearisome-thought-i/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/osamu-dazai-2813_death_i-wonder-if-there-is-anyone-who-is-not-d_1449062.jpg) > [“Anyway, you can be sure of one thing, a man's got to fake just to stay alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/anyway-you-can-be-sure-of-one-thing-a-man-s-got-to-fake-just-to-stay/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/osamu-dazai-2813_fake_anyway-you-can-be-sure-of-one-thing-a-ma_982532.jpg) > [At times everything grows misty and dark before my eyes, and I feel that the strength of my whole body is oozing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/at-times-everything-grows-misty-and-dark-before-my-eyes-and-i-feel/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/osamu-dazai-2813_body_at-times-everything-grows-misty-and-dark_1260614.jpg) > [“In our lives we know joy, anger, sorrow, and a hundred other emotions, but these emotions altogether occupy a bare one per…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/in-our-lives-we-know-joy-anger-sorrow-and-a-hundred-other-emotions/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/osamu-dazai-2813_emotions_in-our-lives-we-know-joy-anger-sorrow-an_2043786.jpg) > [“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-am-afraid-because-i-can-so-clearly-foresee-my-own-life-rotting-away/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/osamu-dazai-2813_afraid_i-am-afraid-because-i-can-so-clearly-for_3156566.jpg) > [“The courageous testimony of Dr. Faust that a maiden's smile is more precious than history, philosophy, education, religion, law, politics,economics, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/the-courageous-testimony-of-dr-faust-that-a-maiden-s-smile-is-more/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/osamu-dazai-2813_academics_the-courageous-testimony-of-dr-faust-tha_847382.jpg) > [“It is painful for the plant which is myself to live in the atmosphere and light of this world. Somewhere an element…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/it-is-painful-for-the-plant-which-is-myself-to-live-in-the-atmosphere/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/osamu-dazai-2813_death_it-is-painful-for-the-plant-which-is-mys_1817291.jpg) > [ I drink out of desperation. Life is too dreary to endure. The misery, loneliness, crampedness - they're heartbreaking.\[...\] What feelings do you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-drink-out-of-desperation-life-is-too-dreary-to-endure-the-misery/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/osamu-dazai-2813_alcoholic_i-drink-out-of-desperation-life-is-too-d_2314144.jpg) > [ “\[...\] Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/just-because-a-person-has-a-title-doesn-t-make-him-an-aristocrat-some/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/osamu-dazai-2813_aristocrat_just-because-a-person-has-a-title-doesn_749431.jpg) > [ Scoundrels \[...\] simply don't die. The ones who die are always the gentle, sweet, and beautiful people. \[...\] Scoundrels live a long… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/scoundrels-simply-don-t-die-the-ones-who-die-are-always-the-gentle/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/osamu-dazai-2813_beautiful_scoundrels-simply-don-t-die-the-ones-who_3150014.jpg) > [“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/when-i-pretended-to-be-precocious-people-started-the-rumor-that-i-was/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/osamu-dazai-2813_family_when-i-pretended-to-be-precocious-people_80663.jpg) ## Other authors on Living ## More by Osamu Dazai > [I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-want-to-spend-my-time-with-people-who-don-t-look-to-be-respected/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“Disqualified as a human being. I had now ceased utterly to be a human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/disqualified-as-a-human-being-i-had-now-ceased-utterly-to-be-a-human/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [I was afraid to board a streetcar because of the conductor; I was afraid to enter the Kabuki Theater for fear of the usherettes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-was-afraid-to-board-a-streetcar-because-of-the-conductor-i-was/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“Tomorrow will probably be another day like today. Happiness will never come my way. I know that. But it's probably best to go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/tomorrow-will-probably-be-another-day-like-today-happiness-will-never/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“When I pretended to be precocious, people started the rumor that I was precocious. When I acted like an idler, rumor had it I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/when-i-pretended-to-be-precocious-people-started-the-rumor-that-i-was/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [One day, I went to a soba restaurant outside town, and while I was waiting for the zarusoba I opened an old graph magazine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/one-day-i-went-to-a-soba-restaurant-outside-town-and-while-i-was/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“I feel so unhappy.” I am sure that this one phrase whispered to me would arouse my sympathy more than the longest, most painstaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-feel-so-unhappy-i-am-sure-that-this-one-phrase-whispered-to-me/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-soon-came-to-understand-that-drink-tobacco-and-prostitutes-were-all/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“Of late a gloomy rain has been falling almost incessantly. Whatever I do depresses me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/of-late-a-gloomy-rain-has-been-falling-almost-incessantly-whatever-i/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/all-i-feel-are-the-assaults-of-apprehension-and-terror-at-the-thought/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [Last year nothing happened The year before nothing happened And the year before that nothing happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/last-year-nothing-happened-the-year-before-nothing-happened-and-the/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“Disqualified as a human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/disqualified-as-a-human-being/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [“Logic, inevitably, is the love of logic. It is not the love for living human beings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/logic-inevitably-is-the-love-of-logic-it-is-not-the-love-for-living/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/i-like-roses-best-but-they-bloom-in-all-four-seasons-i-wonder-if/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) > [But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/but-happiness-is-being-able-to-hope-however-faintly-for-happiness-so/) [Osamu Dazai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osamu-dazai/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living/osamu-dazai/#itemlist", "name": "12 Living Quotes By Osamu Dazai", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Osamu Dazai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osamu-dazai/it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-can-t-stand-anyone-who-puts-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/osamu-dazai-2813_air_it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-ca_1024823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/osamu-dazai-2813_air_it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-ca_1024823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/osamu-dazai-2813_air_it-isn-t-that-i-dislike-artists-but-i-ca_1024823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of…” — Osamu Dazai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wonder if there is anyone who is not depraved. 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