Edward Dahlberg
14 quotations
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
Every decision you make is a mistake.
A strong foe is better than a weak friend.
Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.
What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore.
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.
One cat in a house is a sign of loneliness, two of barrenness, and three of sodomy.
When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.
Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.
No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.
To write is a humiliation.
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.