Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Edgar Saltus

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Edgar Evertson Saltus was an American writer known for his highly refined prose style. His works paralleled those by European decadent authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans, Gabriele D'Annunzio and Oscar Wilde.

American - Writer | October 8, 1855 - July 31, 1921

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A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.

Edgar Saltus

I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.

Edgar Saltus

[T]he progress of civilization corresponds with the spread of general nausea.

Edgar Saltus

Skepticism is history's bedfellow.

Edgar Saltus

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

Edgar Saltus

I wrote The Philosophy of Disenchantment, which is, I think, the gloomiest and worst book ever published. Out of sheer laziness, I then produced a history of atheism, The Anatomy of Negation, which has been honored by international dislike. Need I state that of all my children it is the one that I prefer?

Edgar Saltus

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Edgar Saltus

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