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Snobbery: The American Version by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.31 — 173 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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Friendship: An Expose by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.03 — 62 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.94 — 34 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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Fabulous Small Jews by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.34 — 38 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein avg rating 2.92 — 24 ratings — published 2008 2 editions |
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In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.72 — 18 ratings — published 2007 2 editions |
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Narcissus Leaves the Pool by Joseph Epstein avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 1999 2 editions |
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The Norton Book of Personal Essays by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.91 — 11 ratings — published 1997 |
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A Line Out for a Walk: Familiar Essays by Joseph Epstein avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 1991 2 editions |
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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)
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— 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)
2 editions
— Joseph Epstein (Friendship: An Exposé)
"'What seems clear to me,' Karl Wertheimer joined in, 'is that Eli Black believes in the myth of the artist. This is a myth that holds that everything must be sacrificed for art. It may not be a foolish myth if one is, say, Michelangelo or Beethoven. But if one is less than that then the myth of the artist is very destructive, sadly so for people who become too closely involved with him.'"
— Joseph Epstein
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— Joseph Epstein
