WIST Quotations

Eldridge, Paul -- “Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 40, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Dave — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:51:05 +0000

Evil flows backward swelling its source.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
“Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 40, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Eldridge, Paul -- “Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 41, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Dave — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:03:01 +0000

A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
“Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 41, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Restated by Eldridge in Maxims for a Modern Man, #1198 (1965): "A man is most accurately judged by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or to reciprocate."

The same sentiment is also made or attributed to Ann Landers, Abigail Van Buren, Malcolm Forbes, James Miles, and (without any reference found) Goethe and Samuel Johnson. A more convoluted version can be found in the 19th Century by Charles Spurgeon.

More examination of this quotation:

Eldridge, Paul -- “Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 42, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Dave — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:55:41 +0000

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
“Lanterns in the Night,” Maxim 42, The Jewish Forum (Aug 1948)

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man (1965)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The ideals men die for often become the prejudices their descendents kill for.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man (1965)

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #139 (1965)

Dave — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:08:47 +0000

The young know how old age should be; the old how youth should have been.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #139 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #144 (1965)

Dave — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:47:45 +0000

In youth our judgments are obscured by our hopes; in age, by our regrets.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #144 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #258 (1965)

Dave — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:52:54 +0000

In old age the root of virtue is fatigue; in youth, fear.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #258 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #642 (1965)

Dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:39:16 +0000

Democracy stands between two tyrannies: the one which it has overthrown and the one into which it will develop.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #642 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #952 (1965)

Dave — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:01:59 +0000

We are more apt to persecute the unfortunates than the scoundrels; the scoundrels may retaliate.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #952 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #1095 (1965)

Dave — Mon, 01 May 2017 22:35:28 +0000

The amount of temptation required differentiates the honest from the dishonest.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #1095 (1965)

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #1195 (1965)

Dave — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:41:52 +0000

Like the greedy merchants of bazaars, if we get out of life what we ask for, we are unhappy for not having asked for more.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #1195 (1965)

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #1439 (1965)

Dave — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:37:48 +0000

The ideals men die for often become the prejudices their descendants kill for.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #1439 (1965)

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #2178 (1965)

Dave — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:47:35 +0000

The faults of others console us in our own.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #2178 (1965)
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Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #2743 (1965)

Dave — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:38:13 +0000

Moral indignation is one of envy’s stylish disguises.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #2743 (1965)
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See Wells.

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #2781 (1965)

Dave — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:32:56 +0000

Possessions possess.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #2781 (1965)
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