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.

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...

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...

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 our age is all signposts and no destination.

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

If you're working to make the playing field fair and level, you're working for the...

If you're working to make the playing field fair and level, you're working for the...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...