Edgar Saltus Quotes

• Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

  Edgar Saltus

  History, Skepticism, Bedfellows

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• [T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.

  Edgar Saltus

  Civilization, Progress, Nausea

  Edgar Saltus (1970). “The Philosophy of Disenchantment”

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• I think our lives are surely but the dreams
  Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres,
  Who as we die, do one by one awake.

  Edgar Saltus

  Dream, Thinking, Dwelling

  Edgar Saltus (1906). “Vanity Square: A Story of Fifth Avenue Life”

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• Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

  Edgar Saltus

  Hate, Men, Misunderstood

  Edgar Saltus (2015). “The Paliser case”, p.40, Booklassic

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• I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a history of atheism, The Anatomy of Negation, which has been honored by international dislike. Need I state that of all my children it is the one that I prefer?

  Edgar Saltus

  Children, Philosophy, Book

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• A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

  Edgar Saltus

  Beautiful, Neglect, Charm

  Edgar Saltus (1925). “The Uplands of Dream”

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