Author: Joseph Wood Krutch

Quotes

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

- Joseph Wood Krutch

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