"I should prefer to die laughing, and, on……" — Joseph Epstein
"I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might."
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46 Quotes by Joseph Epstein
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Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful…
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All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether…
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A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of…
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One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes…
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What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this…
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Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
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I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.
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In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly…
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Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.
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High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of…
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I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence…
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I am afraid I am one of those people who continues to read in the hope of sometime discovering in…
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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