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It was written without fear and without research.

Dorothy Parker

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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Excitement Fortune Irritation
If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Appearance Clothes Fashion Party Yourself
Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Letter Look Word
A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Fight Liberty Man Room Start
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Fingers Hands Leaving Love Wisdom
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Appearance Girl Man Wear
The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Food Forever People
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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Animal Business People Right Yourself
Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Challenge Honesty Survive Test Yourself
Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Goodness Hide Safety Treasure Woman
I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Easy Love People Sweet Yourself
I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Goodness Money Myself Togetherness Writing
If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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Care Fun Myself Stay
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Bad Food Growth Taste
Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Clean Dirty Hands Nature Play Target Yourself
[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Big Enough Friendship Funny Home Need Place Room

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