I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
DOROTHY PARKERWomen and elephants never forget.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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