They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness.
Edmund WilsonI really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees.
Edmund WilsonThe Jew lends himself easily to Communism because it enables him to devote himself to a high cause, involving all of humanity, characteristics which are natural to him as a Jew.
Edmund Wilson