Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
DOROTHY PARKERTelegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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