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Dorothy Parker

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Boredom Elegant Manner Right
You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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Old Teaching Trick Yourself
The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKER

Food Forever People
Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKER

Acceptance Leaving Myself
If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
DOROTHY PARKER

Appearance Clothes Fashion Party Yourself
It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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Entertainment Fun Goodness Myself
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
They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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Sick Storm
Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
DOROTHY PARKER

Act Quick
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKER

Language No Talk Woman
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
DOROTHY PARKER

End Surprise Woman
Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
DOROTHY PARKER

Future Love Past Seek Sorrow
Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
DOROTHY PARKER

Clean Dirty Hands Nature Play Target Yourself
His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
DOROTHY PARKER

Bed Himself Voice
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
DOROTHY PARKER

Language No Talk Woman
If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
DOROTHY PARKER

Company Myself Talk Yourself

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