Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
DOROTHY PARKERYou can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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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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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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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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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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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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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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