The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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