Sinclair Lewis Quotes & Sayings

14 most famous Sinclair Lewis quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American novelist who passed away on 10 January, 1951.

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“What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.”

“Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.”

“There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor, and that he has never known trouble.”

“Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.”

“Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.”

“The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.”

“Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.”

“Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.”

“Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.”

“Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.”

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