Edgar Saltus quotes
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“I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a history of atheism, The Anatomy of Negation, which has been honored by international dislike. Need I state that of all my children it is the one that I prefer?”
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“I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.”
-- Edgar SaltusSource : Edgar Saltus (1906). “Vanity Square: A Story of Fifth Avenue Life”
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“Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.”
-- Edgar SaltusSource : Edgar Saltus (2015). “The Paliser case”, p.40, Booklassic
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“A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.”
-- Edgar SaltusSource : Edgar Saltus (1925). “The Uplands of Dream”
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“[T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.”
-- Edgar SaltusSource : Edgar Saltus (1970). “The Philosophy of Disenchantment”
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“Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.”
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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.29, Simon and Schuster
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