I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a hi…

- Edgar Saltus

Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

- Edgar Saltus

I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

- Edgar Saltus

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

- Edgar Saltus

A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

- Edgar Saltus

[T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.

- Edgar Saltus