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 PARKERBut I don’t give up; I forget why not.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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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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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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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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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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