It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.
Edward DahlbergWe can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.
Edward DahlbergMen are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
Edward DahlbergNo country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.
Edward DahlbergThe majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.
Edward Dahlberg