81 Quotes by Louis Kronenberger

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.

Having disciples is in the end like having children, only not with love but with self-love preeminent.

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.

The test of interesting people is that subject matter doesn't matter.

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice.

Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip.

She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

The moving van is a symbol of more than our restlessness, it is the most conclusive evidence possible of our progress.

The truly ambitious are always as busy on the landings as they are breathless on the stairs.