Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Quote by Edmund Wilson

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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef...

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef...

Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as...

Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as...

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.

Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and...

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

You eat, in dreams, the custard of the day.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house