• So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

  Edward Dahlberg
  American novelist, essayist and autobiographer 1900-1977
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. consideration
2. imperfections
3. imaginary
4. creature
5. perfect
6. vices

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So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. by : Edward Dahlberg

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