Yet good is the drink, evil only a poison that is sometimes… - Edgar Pangborn

" "
Yet good is the drink, evil only a poison that is sometimes in the dregs: in the course of living we are likely to shake the glass—no fault of the wine. It is good to sit quiet in the sun: there is no nicely balanced opposing evil to that. Where is there any matching evil to a hearing of the G Minor Fugue? As absurd as asking, What is the opposite of a tree?

Edgar Pangborn

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Edgar Pangborn

Edgar Pangborn (February 25, 1909 – February 1, 1976) was an American writer of mystery, historical, and science fiction.

All quotes from Edgar Pangborn Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Edgar Pangborn:

Sheri S. Tepper David Brin Saul Bellow Kurt Vonnegut Robert A. Heinlein

Additional quotes by Edgar Pangborn

I wonder," said Abraham, "if I'd ever think I knew enough to act.
"If you don't, then study all your life and talk a little when you believe you have something to say."

Maybe the schools have come to regard education as a sort of by-product, something it would be nice to have if it isn’t too much trouble.

Never, beautiful Earth, never even at the height of the human storms have I forgotten you, my planet Earth, your forests and your fields, your oceans, the serenity of your mountains; the meadows, the continuing rivers, the incorruptible promise of returning spring.

Yet good is the drink, evil only a poison that is sometimes in the dregs: in the course of living we are likely to shake the glass—no fault of the wi… - Edgar Pangborn

About Edgar Pangborn

Advanced Search Filters

Additional quotes by Edgar Pangborn

Go Premium