Irwin Edman
Philosopher
1896-11-28
Quotes by Irwin Edman
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Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man could connect himself.
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Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man could connect himself.
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The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.
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Life is always at some turning point.
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God may still be in His Heaven, but there is more than sufficient evidence that all is not right with the world.
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The contemporary hero, the mythical pattern in the imitation of whom we would live, remains as yet undefined. We have no hero; what is more to the point, we suspect hero worship.
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The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness.
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To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality.
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Many of our newly smart would rather be found murdering their children than being kind to their parents. They would prefer to be damned for rudeness than to be snickered at for courtesy.
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Sophistication demands honesty; it does not require ill temper.
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