Louis Kronenberger
Louis Kronenberger
Louis Kronenbergerwas an American critic and author. He was a novelist and biographer, and wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth9 December 1904
CountryUnited States of America
eye wind class
True individualists tend to be quite unobservant; it is the snob, the would be sophisticate, the frightened conformist, who keeps a fascinated or worried eye on what is in the wind.
age trouble destination
The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.
guy gentleman want
The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.
ambition air adventurous
The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much more bracing rivalry.
truth mean people
Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.
details boring worst
Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.
children self ends
Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.
adversity down-and invention
Life for most of us is full of steep stairs to go up and later, shaky stairs to totter down; and very early in the history of stairs must have come the invention of bannisters.
science people interesting
The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter.
vices harm mankind
In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.
gossip reputation good-company
Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.
blow tvs privacy
Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.
rose tides culinary
She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.
writing gossip columnists
It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.