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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

Dorothy Parker

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
DOROTHY PARKER

Atmosphere Best Children Home
Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
DOROTHY PARKER

Genius Material Talent Writing
I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKER

Hate Myself People Rich
All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
DOROTHY PARKER

Animal Business People Right Yourself
Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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Letter Look Word
You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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Old Teaching Trick Yourself
I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Easy Love People Sweet Yourself
Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
DOROTHY PARKER

Age Choice Clothes Grave Life Style Time Yourself
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
DOROTHY PARKER

Fingers Hands Leaving Love Wisdom
But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
DOROTHY PARKER

Forget Give Up Inspirational Myself One Liner
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Bad Food Growth Taste
A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Best Friendship Girl Herself
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.
DOROTHY PARKER

Appearance Fashion Lost Myself
The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
DOROTHY PARKER

Education Learning Yourself
Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Challenge Honesty Survive Test Yourself
I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Goodness Money Myself Togetherness Writing

And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

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