The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
DOROTHY PARKERWhat ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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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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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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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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