Joseph Epstein

I know how deeply slothful I am. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#deeply #how #i #i am #know

I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#calls #days #e-mail #gone #had

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#envy #fun #only #seven #sins

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#i #laughing #might #more #occasion

I think the story is my form. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#i #i think #story #think

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#envy #i #insidious #may #most

My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these terrible things about fellow Jews and she can't. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#fellow #i #i can #jews #regrets

No one has really ever defined what a friend is. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#ever #friend #really

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#anti-semitism #being #i #jew #pleasures

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#better #comes #drawback #feel #get