I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
DOROTHY PARKERWomen and elephants never forget.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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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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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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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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Women and elephants never forget.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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