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> [We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/we-may-think-we-live-for-wisdom-but-in-fact-we-re-living-for-the-the/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

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## More by Josef Skvorecky

> [Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/artists-hold-out-the-mirror-to-the-bruises-on-the-face-of-the-world/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/arno-t-lustig-is-one-of-the-leading-contemporary-czech-fiction/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/we-may-think-we-live-for-wisdom-but-in-fact-we-re-living-for-the-the/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/there-is-something-that-falls-short-of-perfection-in-every-book/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [“I knew damn well that nobody's ever really happy, or happy on time, since happiness belongs to the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/i-knew-damn-well-that-nobody-s-ever-really-happy-or-happy-on-time/)

[Josef Škvorecký](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/when-the-communist-party-comes-to-power-it-acts-a-lot-like-the-mafia/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [There is beauty everywhere on earth, but there is greater beauty in those places where one feels that sense of ease which comes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/there-is-beauty-everywhere-on-earth-but-there-is-greater-beauty-in/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [“I was always, luckily, only a reader.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/i-was-always-luckily-only-a-reader/)

[Josef Škvorecký](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/lovers-of-literature-will-look-for-the-remains-of-the-golden-treasure/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [“Their is beauty everywhere on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/their-is-beauty-everywhere-on-earth/)

[Josef Škvorecký](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [“Because inside, people are dirty dogs. Everybody. The only difference is some people try to hide it and others don't bother.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/because-inside-people-are-dirty-dogs-everybody-the-only-difference-is/)

[Josef Škvorecký](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

> [“A person's got to be scared all the time - of God, if there is one, and of looking like a fool if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/a-person-s-got-to-be-scared-all-the-time-of-god-if-there-is-one-and/)

[Josef Škvorecký](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

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