They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
DOROTHY PARKERAnd I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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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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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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