Occupation: Novelist Birth: May 31, 1884 Death: August 22, 1963
I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?.
That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a go….
There is no thermometer for wants!.
To be in the right is often an expensive business..
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!.
to everything there is an end - except fear..
Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!.
If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven..
Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it..
A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source..
The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love..
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm..
Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end..
Life was a series of messes, and one spent one's time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one's time to cleaning up….
This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, f….
Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his….
It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice..
... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else..
Marriage! ... Why, it is like living in a thimble with a hippopotamus!.
I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or dra….
... most people are dead, and none of them seem to mind it. One hears a great many complaints about life, doesn't one? And there are people I know wh….