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Joseph Epstein quotes: I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent.

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent.

Joseph Epstein quotes: That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.

I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.

Joseph Epstein quotes: [Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them.

[Snobbishness] is the desire for what divides men and the inability to value what unites them.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all.

Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all.

Joseph Epstein quotes: In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

Joseph Epstein quotes: The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know.

The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know.

Joseph Epstein quotes: We do choose how we shall live

We do choose how we shall live

Joseph Epstein quotes: We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

Joseph Epstein quotes: We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we.

We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I think the story is my form.

I think the story is my form.

Joseph Epstein quotes: We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

We know the ideal isn't where the action is.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't.

Those who consider themselves good teachers probably aren't.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best readers identify with the artist.

Vladimir Nabokov, contemning readers who "identified" with characters in fiction, remarked that the best readers identify with the artist.

Joseph Epstein quotes: ...that envy and a sense of injustice are not always that easily distinguished, let alone extricated, one from the other.

...that envy and a sense of injustice are not always that easily distinguished, let alone extricated, one from the other.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

Joseph Epstein quotes: For reasons no one has yet explained, the Internet is at once riveting and a great killer of concentration.

For reasons no one has yet explained, the Internet is at once riveting and a great killer of concentration.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Always seek the general and never quite trust it.

Always seek the general and never quite trust it.

Joseph Epstein quotes: No nostalgia runs deeper than that for something one has never known and now cannot obtain.

No nostalgia runs deeper than that for something one has never known and now cannot obtain.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Old people like to give good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Old people like to give good advice as a consolation for the fact that they can no longer set bad examples.

Joseph Epstein quotes: By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Not everyone strives to be fashionable. I don't, and I believe I succeed.

Not everyone strives to be fashionable. I don't, and I believe I succeed.

Joseph Epstein quotes: The study of the past is the main portal through which culture is acquired.

The study of the past is the main portal through which culture is acquired.

Joseph Epstein quotes: For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery

For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery

Joseph Epstein quotes: The problem for me is that reading is, I won't say a sacred, but nevertheless a pretty serious act.

The problem for me is that reading is, I won't say a sacred, but nevertheless a pretty serious act.

Joseph Epstein quotes: One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

Joseph Epstein quotes: My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these terrible things about fellow Jews and she can't.

My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these terrible things about fellow Jews and she can't.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Food has it over sex for variety. Hedonistically, gustatory possibilities are much broader than copulatory ones.

Food has it over sex for variety. Hedonistically, gustatory possibilities are much broader than copulatory ones.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

Joseph Epstein quotes: 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.

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 quotes: No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

Joseph Epstein quotes: To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment ...

To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment ...

Joseph Epstein quotes: If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses?

If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses?

Joseph Epstein quotes: A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

Joseph Epstein quotes: What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams ... and what we do to make them come about.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams ... and what we do to make them come about.

Joseph Epstein quotes: I am married to someone I love.

I am married to someone I love.

Joseph Epstein quotes: Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.

Courage is nine-tenths context. What is courageous in one setting can be foolhardy in another and even cowardly in a third.