"It is hideous and coarse to assume that……" — Edward Dahlberg

"It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it."

— Edward Dahlberg

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57 Quotes by Edward Dahlberg

Edward Dahlberg has 57 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We are always talking about being together, and yet whatever we invent destroys the family, and makes us wild, touchless…
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.
There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the…
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck,…
One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness.
No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.
Recognize the cunning man not by the corpses he pays homage to but by the living writers he conspires against…
Hardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the reader; it is either…
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before…
The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce…
I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.
We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even…

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;… — Marcus Aurelius
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way… — Michele Bachmann
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume… — Amy Adams
The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious. — Lester Bangs
Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they… — Dave Barry
Never assume that the guy understands that you and he have a relationship. — Dave Barry
Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important… — Melissa Bean
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong.… — Theodore Bikel
All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting… — Tony Abbott
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let… — Buzz Aldrin

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