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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.

Dorothy Parker

There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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Distance Hell Simplicity Sports Truth Word
Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Brave Doctor Serious
They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Quiet Storm
If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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Company Myself Talk Yourself
If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Feeling Hurt Necessary Yourself
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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Excitement Fortune Irritation
I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Character Drink Identity Myself Problem Writing
A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Bad Food Growth Taste
He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Age Children Forever Himself Time Writing
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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End Surprise Woman
By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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Death Lying Marriage Passion Promise Time Yourself
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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Break Friendship Time
Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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Alcohol Quick Vice
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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Care Fun Myself Stay
A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Best Friendship Girl Herself
I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
DOROTHY PARKER

End Happiness History Human Willing

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