We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country of our birth. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessnness, we do choose how we live.
In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins. - Joseph Epstein
In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.
- Joseph Epstein
We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves. - Joseph Epstein
We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of… - Joseph Epstein
I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of…
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks - Joseph Epstein
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things tha… - Joseph Epstein
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things tha…
What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about. - Joseph Epstein
What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.
Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food. - Joseph Epstein
Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.
A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it. - Joseph Epstein
A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.
Political correctness and so many of the political fashions of the day...could only be perpetrated in adolescent minds: minds, that is, that are trai… - Joseph Epstein
Political correctness and so many of the political fashions of the day...could only be perpetrated in adolescent minds: minds, that is, that are trai…
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