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Louis Kronenberger Quotes

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy Picture Quote #1

In the history of thought and culture the dark nights have perhaps in some ways cost mankind less grief than the false dawns, the prison houses in which hope persists less grief than the promised lands where hope expires Picture Quote #1

The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy Picture Quote #1

In general, american social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don’t, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together Picture Quote #1

Ours must be the first age whose great goal, on a nonmaterial plane, is not fulfilment but adjustment; and perhaps just such a goal has served as maladjustment’s weapon Picture Quote #1

In art there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts Picture Quote #1

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The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination Picture Quote #1

In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought Picture Quote #1

She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide Picture Quote #1

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice Picture Quote #1

A perfect conversation would run much less to brilliant sentences than to unfinished ones Picture Quote #1

In art, there are tears that do lie too deep for thought Picture Quote #1

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The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination Picture Quote #1

Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name Picture Quote #1

The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn’t matter Picture Quote #1

Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it Picture Quote #1

Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs Picture Quote #1

Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn’t everything Picture Quote #1

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Educated people do indeed speak the same languages; cultivated ones need not speak at all Picture Quote #1

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told Picture Quote #1

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave Picture Quote #1

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week Picture Quote #1

Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about Picture Quote #1

On any morning these days whole segments of the population wake up to find themselves famous, while, to keep matters shipshape, whole contingents of celebrities wake up to find themselves forgotten Picture Quote #1

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We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence, and by the ignominy, of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about Picture Quote #1

We might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others Picture Quote #1

Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go puffing up and, later, of shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the history of stairs must have come the invention of banisters Picture Quote #1

Ours is the country where, in order to sell your product, you don’t so much point out its merits as you first work like hell to sell yourself Picture Quote #1

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about Picture Quote #1

It is the gossip columnist’s business to write about what is none of his business Picture Quote #1

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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy. (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In the history of thought and culture the dark nights have perhaps in some ways cost mankind less grief than the false dawns, the prison houses in which hope persists less grief than the promised lands where hope expires. (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) The trouble with us in America isn,t that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In general, american social life constitutes an evasion of talking to people. Most Americans don’t, in any vital sense, get together; they only do things together (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Ours must be the first age whose great goal, on a nonmaterial plane, is not fulfilment but adjustment; and perhaps just such a goal has served as maladjustment’s weapon (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In art there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) A perfect conversation would run much less to brilliant sentences than to unfinished ones (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) In art, there are tears that do lie too deep for thought (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn’t matter (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Conformity may not always reign in the prosperous bourgeois suburb, but it ultimately always governs (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn’t everything (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Educated people do indeed speak the same languages; cultivated ones need not speak at all (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Doubtless a good general rule for close friendships, where confidences are freely exchanged, is that what one is not informed about, one may not inquire about (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) On any morning these days whole segments of the population wake up to find themselves famous, while, to keep matters shipshape, whole contingents of celebrities wake up to find themselves forgotten (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) We are neurotically haunted today by the imminence, and by the ignominy, of failure. We know at how frightening a cost one succeeds: to fail is something too awful to think about (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) We might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go puffing up and, later, of shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the history of stairs must have come the invention of banisters (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Ours is the country where, in order to sell your product, you don’t so much point out its merits as you first work like hell to sell yourself (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about (Louis Kronenberger Quotes) It is the gossip columnist’s business to write about what is none of his business (Louis Kronenberger Quotes)

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