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Edward Dahlberg Quotes

Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Of all the animals on earth, none is so brutish as man when he seeks the delirium of coition Picture Quote #1

Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have not been stroked or praised Picture Quote #1

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Evil, which is our companion all our days, is not to be treated as a foe. It is wrong to cocker vice, but we grow narrow and pithless if we are furtive about it, for this is at best a pretense, and the sage knows good and evil are kindred. The worst of men harm others, and the best injure themselves Picture Quote #1

We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love Picture Quote #1

We are always talking about being together, and yet whatever we invent destroys the family, and makes us wild, touchless beasts feeding on technicolor prairies and rivers Picture Quote #1

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Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) 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 Quotes) Of all the animals on earth, none is so brutish as man when he seeks the delirium of coition (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have not been stroked or praised (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) Evil, which is our companion all our days, is not to be treated as a foe. It is wrong to cocker vice, but we grow narrow and pithless if we are furtive about it, for this is at best a pretense, and the sage knows good and evil are kindred. The worst of men harm others, and the best injure themselves (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) We are uneasy with an affectionate man, for we are positive he wants something of us, particularly our love (Edward Dahlberg Quotes) We are always talking about being together, and yet whatever we invent destroys the family, and makes us wild, touchless beasts feeding on technicolor prairies and rivers (Edward Dahlberg Quotes)

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