Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKERI was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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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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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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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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