A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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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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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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[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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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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