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.

Quote by Louis Kronenberger

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The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death...

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do...

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to...

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species...

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...

Well, I know they've always told you/ Selfishness was wrong/ Yet it was for me,...

Well, I know they've always told you/ Selfishness was wrong/ Yet it was for me,...

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.

In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages...

The 19th century was the age of Individualism; the 20th and 21st are the ages...

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never...

It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.