Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
DOROTHY PARKERThose who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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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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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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There’s life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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