Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
DOROTHY PARKERQuick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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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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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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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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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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