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Edward Dahlberg quotes

American Novelist July 22, 1900 – February 27, 1977

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The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits..."
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. Edward Dahlberg
Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. Edward Dahlberg
We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "A strong foe is better than a weak friend."
A strong foe is better than a weak friend. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature."
The bad poet is a toady mimicking nature. Edward Dahlberg
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "It takes a long time to understand nothing."
It takes a long time to understand nothing. Edward Dahlberg
Woman is the most superstitious animal beneath the moon. When a woman has a premonition that Tuesday will be a disaster, to which a man pays no heed, he will very likely lose his fortune then. This is not meant to be an occult or mystic remark. The female body is a vessel, and the universe drops its secrets into her far more quickly than it communicates them to the male. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue."
Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "Bosch is great because what he imagines in color can be..."
Bosch is great because what he imagines in color can be translated into justice. Edward Dahlberg
Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Edward Dahlberg
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 untutored or evil or mockery is as a rude stone cast at them, and they suffer all day long, or as Paul remarks they are slain every moment. Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg quote: "Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the..."
Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking. Edward Dahlberg
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 are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy. Edward Dahlberg

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