Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
DOROTHY PARKERBewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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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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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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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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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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