All Joseph Epstein Quotes
One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.
Joseph Epstein
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The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.
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One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.
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Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.
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Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.
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In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.
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I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
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I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.
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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.
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