Paul Eldridge (1888–1982) was an American poet, novelist, and educator known for his prolific literary output and collaborations with George Sylvester Viereck. His works explored philosophy, history, and human nature, making him a distinctive 20th-century literary voice.
Born in Bucharest, Romania, he immigrated to the United States in 1900. He earned degrees from Temple University (B.S., 1909,) the University of Pennsylvania (A.M., 1911,) and the University of Paris (PhD, 1913.) He taught romance languages in New York until retiring in 1945.
Notable works include Life Throbs (1911,) Vanitas (1920,) And the Sphinx Spoke (1921,) Our Dead Selves: Anthology of the Lowly (1923,) and Irony and Pity: A Book of Tales (1926.) His collaboration with Viereck produced the Wandering Jew trilogy: My First Two Thousand Years: The Autobiography of the Wandering Jew (1928,) Salome: The Wandering Jewess (1930,) and The Invincible Adam (1932.) Other works include Prince Pax (1933,) Madonna with the Cat: A Romantic Satire (1942,) and Leaves from the Devil’s Tree (1946.)
Eldridge lectured at the Sorbonne (1913) and the University of Florence (1923,) contributing to American literature studies. His later works appeared in E. Haldeman-Julius’s Big Blue Books series, reflecting his continued literary engagement.
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Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Epitaphs
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Perspective
Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Past, Past and Present
In the spider-web of facts, many a truth is strangled.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Facts, Learning
To judge a man’s character by only one of its manifestations is like judging the sea by a jugful of its water.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Character
We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Life
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
Authors hide their big thefts by putting small ones between quotation marks.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Quotations
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Envy, Jealousy
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.
—Paul Eldridge
Topics: Envy, Jealousy
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