Top 4 Quotes by James Kern Feibleman

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.

James Kern Feibleman

Appreciation, Kindness, Not Giving Up

James Kern Feibleman (1969). “The Way of a Man: An Autobiography of James K. Feibleman”

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

James Kern Feibleman

Obscurity, Obscure, Notorious

James Kern Feibleman (1978). “New proverbs for our day”, Horizon House Pubs

Comedy is an intellectual affair, and deals chiefly with logic. Tragedy is an emotional affair, and deals chiefly with value. Horace Walpole once said that "life is a comedy to the man who thinks and a tragedy to the man who feels." Comedy is negative; it is a criticism of limitations and an unwillingness to accept them. Tragedy is positive; it is an uncritical acceptance of the positive content of that which is delimited. Since comedy deals with the limitations of actual situations and tragedy with their positive content, comedy must ridicule and tragedy must endorse.

James Kern Feibleman

Acceptance, Men, Emotional