The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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It was written without fear and without research.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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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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