And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
DOROTHY PARKERA liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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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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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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