Quote by Edgar Saltus
Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furi

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus

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I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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It is people who make me seasick—not the sea. But I am afraid that science has yet to find a solution for this ailment. – Albert Einstein, 1930

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A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. – Peter McArthur

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