“I know sage, wormwood, and hyssop, but I can't smell character unless it stinks.”
Source: Reasons of the heart
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Famous Edward Dahlberg Quotes
“Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes?”
Source: Reasons of the heart
“I have no confidence in a man whose faults you cannot see.”
Source: Reasons of the heart
“A man who can be entertaining for a full day will be in his grave by night-fall.”
Source: Reasons of the heart
“Man pines to live but cannot endure the days of his life.”
Source: The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth
“Narcissus never wrote well nor was a friend.”
Source: Reasons of the heart
Source: The sorrows of Priapus: consisting of The sorrows of Priapus and The carnal myth
Source: Alms for oblivion, essays: With a foreword by Sir Herbert Read
Source: The Carnal Myth: A Search Into Classical Sensuality