Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
DOROTHY PARKERMisfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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