I have no confidence in a man whose faults you cannot see. Edward Dahlberg More Quotes by Edward Dahlberg More Quotes From Edward Dahlberg We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared. Edward Dahlberg dies literature suffering When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels. Edward Dahlberg journey suicide travel It takes a long time to understand nothing. Edward Dahlberg long-time understanding long 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 moon animal men Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. Edward Dahlberg agriculture farming writing Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien. Edward Dahlberg shabby neglected genius There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre. Edward Dahlberg money race men Of all the animals on earth, none is so brutish as man when he seeks the delirium of coition. Edward Dahlberg animal men sex 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 a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb. Edward Dahlberg smart marriage men Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as sexual perversion and they are nowise different from one another. Edward Dahlberg intelligent intellectual simple It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination. Edward Dahlberg criticism imagination people Narcissus never wrote well nor was a friend. Edward Dahlberg narcissus wells We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism. Edward Dahlberg accepting chance enough I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks. Edward Dahlberg sage smell character 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 mad men people No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American. Edward Dahlberg war funny country Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue. Edward Dahlberg our-time virtue unattractive 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 machines love men 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 uplifting moving-forward mistake I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man. Edward Dahlberg littles conversation men
