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An American Tragedy
“what matter
it if a man gaineth the whole world and loseth his own soul?”
“As they
sang, this nondescript and indifferent street audience gazed, held by the
peculiarity of such an unimportant-looking family publicly raising its
collective voice against the vast skepticism and apathy of life.”
“Who
were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so
much luxury, where others as good seemingly as themselves had nothing? And
wherein did these latter differ so greatly from the successful?
Sisiter Carrie
“People in
general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that
talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the
shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great
surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the
tongue is removed, the heart listens.”
“How true it
is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible
links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.”
“Love is the
only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give
everything.”
“When a man,
however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires,
he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough.”
The Genius
“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circustance.”
The Financier
“A man, a real man, must never be an agent,
a tool, or a gambler—acting for himself or for others—he must employ such. A
real man—a financier—was never a tool. He used tools. He created. He led.”
“The
most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of
character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions—none more so than the
most capable. ”
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