If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
DOROTHY PARKERThe 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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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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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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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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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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