Best Edward Dahlberg Quotes
- Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien. Genius
- It takes a long time to understand nothing. Funny
- Man is at the nadir of his stregth when the Earth, the seas, the mountains are not in him, for without them his soul is… Abide
- We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love. Affectionate
- One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely… Any
- Of all the animals on earth, none is so brutish as man when he seeks the delirium of coition. All
- Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away. Give
- Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. Ancestor
- Utility is our national shibboleth: the savior of the American businessman is fact and his uterine half-brother, statistics. American
- Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits… Acts
- Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will… Art
- The newspaper has debauched the American until he is a slavish, simpering, and angerless citizen; it has taught him to be a lump mass-man toward… American
- There are men that are birds, and their raiment is trembling feathers, for they show their souls to everyone and everything that is ungentle or… All
- Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. Inspirational
- The Americans have always been food, sex, and spirit revivalists. American
- It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it. Assume
- We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism. Accept
- I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks. Character
- Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes? Credit
- I have no confidence in a man whose faults you cannot see. Cannot See
- A man who can be entertaining for a full day will be in his grave by night-fall. Day
- Man pines to live but cannot endure the days of his life. Cannot Endure
- Narcissus never wrote well nor was a friend. Friend
- Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise… Accident
- The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but… Accredited