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Snobbery: The American Version by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.29 — 194 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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Friendship: An Expose by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.05 — 64 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.90 — 40 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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Fabulous Small Jews by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.41 — 44 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein avg rating 2.97 — 31 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.87 — 23 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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Narcissus Leaves the Pool by Joseph Epstein avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays by Joseph Epstein avg rating 4.17 — 12 ratings — published 1991 2 editions |
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The Norton Book of Personal Essays by Joseph Epstein avg rating 4.08 — 12 ratings — published 1997 |
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With My Trousers Rolled: Familiar Essays by Joseph Epstein avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 1995 2 editions |
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"Of all the seven deadly sins, only Envy is no fun at all."
— Joseph Epstein (Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins)
— Joseph Epstein (Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins)
"The reason 'closure' is a cliche is that it is used too often, too imprecisely, and doesn't in any case reflect reality. In reality, such closure in broken friendships and much else in life is rarely achieved; only death brings closure and then not always for those still living."
— Joseph Epstein (Friendship: An Exposé)
— Joseph Epstein (Friendship: An Exposé)
"I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work. This must be accompanied, second, by a haughty contempt for all the forms of work that one has established that one cannot do. To these two must be joined, third, the nuttiness to believe that other people can be made to care about your opinions and views and be charmed by the way you state them. Incompetence, contempt, lunacy--once you have these in place, you are set to go."
— Joseph Epstein
— Joseph Epstein
